The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Ng finished 718th of 1,011 men in the Open division at Hong Kong 2024, in 1:43:30.
The runs carried this race: faster than 67% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:14 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:55 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. That was 8:59 off the time at Toronto 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:30Running 1 4:37v median −0:22
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Block 02 9:00Running 2 4:58v median −0:07
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Block 03 13:19Running 3 5:23v median −0:09
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Block 04 13:14Running 4 5:18v median −0:19
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 5:12v median −0:32
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Block 06 8:08Running 6 4:55v median −0:44
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Block 07 11:36Running 7 4:53v median −0:43
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Block 08 20:05Running 8 6:12v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:02
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.