The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Minato Umehara & James Zhao finished 426th of 544 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Hong Kong 2024, in 1:37:32.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:22 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Hong Kong ran slow: the 320 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:34 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:55Running 1 6:39v median +1:11
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Block 02 8:30Running 2 7:02v median +1:33
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Block 03 10:24Running 3 7:24v median +1:31
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Block 04 10:22Running 4 7:15v median +1:16
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Block 05 12:49Running 5 8:10v median +2:05
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Block 06 9:41Running 6 8:31v median +2:34
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Block 07 13:55Running 7 9:51v median +3:56
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Block 08 14:57Running 8 7:47v median +1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:04
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 531
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 531 men's teams who finished.