The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hazel Cheng & Laurance Lam finished 251st of 456 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Hong Kong 2024, in 1:29:50.
Legs and stations told different stories: 54% of the field beaten on the runs, 31% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:53. The race faded late: the second half went 2:29 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Hong Kong cost the whole field time: about 1:22 more than the average race this season, going by 231 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:53Running 1 5:26v median −0:29
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Block 02 7:42Running 2 6:00v median +0:10
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Block 03 12:35Running 3 6:24v median +0:12
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Block 04 8:59Running 4 5:43v median −0:33
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 5:49v median −0:28
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Block 06 8:49Running 6 6:23v median +0:06
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Block 07 9:30Running 7 5:30v median −0:45
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Block 08 14:07Running 8 7:33v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:37
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 452
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 452 mixed teams who finished.