The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Michael Samuel at Taipei 2024: 1:16:32, 21st of 290 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:56 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:36 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 6:21 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Taipei cost the whole field time: about 2:31 more than the average race this season, going by 165 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:20Running 1 4:56v median −0:55
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Block 02 6:24Running 2 4:19v median −0:52
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 4:48v median −0:42
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Block 04 10:39Running 4 4:45v median −0:53
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 4:47v median −1:09
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Block 06 6:54Running 6 4:32v median −1:13
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Block 07 8:21Running 7 4:42v median −1:05
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Block 08 9:36Running 8 5:24v median −1:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 288
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 288 men who finished.