The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Calvin Cheung finished 508th of 1,011 men in the Open division at Hong Kong 2024, in 1:32:50.
A station race more than a running one: 64% of the field beaten on the stations, against 39% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:52 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:21 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Hong Kong cost the whole field time: about 1:12 more than the average race this season, going by 578 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:39Running 1 5:15v median +0:16
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Block 02 8:36Running 2 5:34v median +0:29
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Block 03 11:51Running 3 5:59v median +0:27
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Block 04 11:11Running 4 5:51v median +0:14
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Block 05 11:03Running 5 6:10v median +0:26
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 6:04v median +0:25
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Block 07 10:37Running 7 6:02v median +0:26
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Block 08 13:20Running 8 6:28v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:37
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 963
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 963 men who finished.