The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Chien finished 989th of 1,011 men in the Open division at Hong Kong 2024, in 2:27:25.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:36 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:52 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 15:01, behind 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. Ben Chien's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:28Running 1 6:17v median +1:18
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Block 02 12:40Running 2 7:07v median +2:02
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Block 03 16:20Running 3 7:44v median +2:12
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Block 04 19:15Running 4 7:42v median +2:05
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Block 05 14:24Running 5 8:03v median +2:19
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Block 06 12:12Running 6 8:07v median +2:28
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Block 07 20:53Running 7 7:50v median +2:14
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Block 08 25:20Running 8 11:47v median +5:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:01
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.