The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Takumi Shirokura finished 617th of 1,011 men in the Open division at Hong Kong 2024, in 1:37:39.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 27% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:12 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Hong Kong. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:12.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:52Running 1 5:08v median +0:09
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 4:59v median −0:06
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Block 03 11:55Running 3 5:15v median −0:17
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 5:24v median −0:13
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 5:41v median −0:03
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Block 06 8:56Running 6 5:38v median −0:01
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Block 07 11:33Running 7 5:34v median −0:02
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Block 08 15:39Running 8 5:48v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:55
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.