The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:25:19 at Hong Kong 2024 put Zhuowen Liang 987th of 1,011 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 41% of the field beaten on the stations, against 1% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:58 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
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 10:15Running 1 5:36v median +0:37
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Block 02 14:36Running 2 11:43v median +6:38
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Block 03 15:07Running 3 8:50v median +3:18
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Block 04 20:20Running 4 12:52v median +7:15
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Block 05 18:36Running 5 13:09v median +7:25
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Block 06 13:58Running 6 11:49v median +6:10
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Block 07 16:45Running 7 11:20v median +5:44
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Block 08 20:54Running 8 13:10v median +7:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:58
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.