The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Jones finished 923rd of 1,011 men in the Open division at Hong Kong 2024, in 2:05:11.
A station race more than a running one: 42% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. A harder second half: 12:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:33, behind 88% of the field.
Hong Kong ran slow: the 578 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 4:59v median +0:00
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Block 02 10:53Running 2 8:03v median +2:58
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Block 03 13:50Running 3 8:11v median +2:39
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Block 04 15:34Running 4 8:29v median +2:52
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Block 05 18:35Running 5 13:24v median +7:40
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Block 06 11:38Running 6 9:05v median +3:26
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Block 07 13:45Running 7 8:50v median +3:14
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Block 08 21:01Running 8 11:56v median +5:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:33
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.