The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Barry Caveney finished 578th of 1,011 men in the Open division at Hong Kong 2024, in 1:35:45.
Legs and stations told different stories: 62% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:00 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:53Running 1 5:07v median +0:08
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 4:47v median −0:18
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Block 03 10:39Running 3 5:17v median −0:15
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Block 04 12:12Running 4 5:14v median −0:23
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:15v median −0:29
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Block 06 8:35Running 6 5:24v median −0:15
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 5:28v median −0:08
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Block 08 18:33Running 8 5:54v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:13
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.