The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:53 at Hong Kong 2024 put Nini Liu & Weng Kin Tang 404th of 456 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 30% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:30, behind 90% of the field.
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 11:19Running 1 6:30v median +0:35
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Block 02 9:43Running 2 6:48v median +0:58
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Block 03 13:57Running 3 7:31v median +1:19
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Block 04 12:00Running 4 8:22v median +2:06
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Block 05 14:09Running 5 8:56v median +2:39
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Block 06 11:26Running 6 9:32v median +3:15
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Block 07 12:38Running 7 8:24v median +2:09
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Block 08 14:19Running 8 9:50v median +3:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:30
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.