2023 Achievements - Soh Wai Ching

Summary

Competed in a total of 36 competitions with 31 Wins and 5x 2^nd Place. From 31 Wins, Wai Ching successfully achieved 22 Course Records and 15 PBs (21 Competitions were First-time competition for Wai Ching).
Podium: 100% | Winning Rate: 31/36*100% = 86.11% | Course Record: 22/31*100% = 70.96%
21x Competitions were competed First-time. From 21 competitions, Wai Ching achieved 17 Course Records! (Refer to the one with Purple Shaded Box)
15x Competitions were competed in the past. From 15 competitions, Wai Ching achieved 5 Course Records and a 100% PB (Improvement) (Non-Purple Box)
15x Competitions in China, (13x Wins, 2x 2^nd Place), Winning Rate: 86.67%
7x Competitions in Malaysia, (7x Wins), Winning Rate: 100%
4x Competitions in US, (4x Wins), Winning Rate: 100%
2x Competitions in Poland, (1x Win, 1x 2^nd Place),
1x Competition in Taiwan, (1x Win), 1x Competition in Singapore, (1x Win), 1x Competition in UK, (1x Win), 1x Competition in Spain, (1x Win),
1x Competition in Estonia, (1x Win), 1x Competition in UAE, (1x Win), 1x Competition in Australia, (1x 2^nd Place), 1x Competition in Macau, (1x 2^nd Place).
October – Busiest month of 2023: 6 competitions in 22 days-time in 5 countries, 6 different cities. 2 back-to-back competitions (14^th Oct in Taipei, 15^th Oct in KL | 21^st Oct in Shanghai, 22^nd Oct in Macau).
Successfully achieved “Hat-Trick” at the Most Prestigious / Longest Annual Towerrunning Competition – Empire State Building Run Up (2021 – 2023).
Wai Ching became the 1^st Asian to ever win the Overall Champion title at Taipei 101 International Vertical Marathon since 2005.
Wai Ching became the 1^st human being in clocking a 7 min 55 sec (Sub 8 min) at KL Tower International Towerthon Challenge, setting a solid Course Record.
Wai Ching claimed multiple “Championship Title” – Malaysia, US, Estonia, Spain, Singapore, Poland, and Taiwan.

Fun Facts (2023):

Wai Ching had climbed a total of 2481 Floors, 55959 Steps, 9988.4m.
Wai Ching traveled to 12 Countries, 30 Cities (https://my.flightradar24.com/mastowerrunner/2023).

Contributions to the Community

Sharing with the undergraduates of UM Faculty of Sport Science and Exercise Science.
UCSI Towerrunning Workshop
“Jom Naik Tangga” on Every Saturday, 5.30pm – 7pm at MBPJ Tower.
Guiding the upcoming athlete – Muhammad Hazim Zuhairi bin Azuhari, 22, Undergraduate Student at UiTM Shah Alam, Computer Science.
Proactively meet up with many persons in charge of the building management to secure permission for event organizer to organize competition.
Leading and championing the “Jom Naik Tangga” program at MBPJ Tower on every Saturday, 5.30pm to 7pm.

All Time Stats (Apr 2017 – 19^th Dec 2023):

115 Competitions, 78 Wins (51 CRs), 15x 2^nd Place, and 4x 3^rd Place. Overall Winning Rate: 68.1% | Breaking Course Record Rate: 65.82%
Competing in a total of 23 Countries, 46 Cities.
Flew a total of 214 Flights, 47 Domestic, 167 International, a total distance of 811,653km (20.3x around Earth), spent 1,140 hours 23 min (47.5 Days).
5 years-time to achieve World No. 1 title (Since Apr 2022 – Now: 1 Year 8 Months) – Aim to achieve 10 Years World No. 1
First Asian to Win the Empire State Building Run Up (43^rd Edition in 2021). Won it 3x Consecutively from 2021 to 2023, remain the only Asian Winner.
First Asian to Win the Taipei 101 International Vertical Marathon (16^th Edition in 2023).
First Asian to Win the KL Tower International Towerthon Challenge (19^th Edition in 2019) and (22^nd Edition in 2023 with a New Course Record – 7:55 min.
Successfully Attempted a Guinness World Record of Greatest Vertical Height Stair Climbing in One Hour (Male) on 18^th Nov at Four Seasons Hotel KL (during pandemic) and being featured on TheStar Newspaper’s Headline on 20^th Nov 2020.
Broke 3x Malaysia Book of Records on a single attempt on Stair Climb Machine

i. Fastest Time to Achieve the Height of Petronas Twin Towers (451.9m) – 16 min 16 sec,

ii. Fastest Vertical Kilometre Climb on a Stair Climb Machine (1000m) – 35 min 37 sec,

iii. Greatest Distance Climb on a Stair Climb Machine in One Hour (60 min) – 1.694 km (564.67 Floors).

10. Successfully Set a New Guinness World Record of Farthest Simulated Distance Climbed on a Stair Machine in One Hour (60 min) – 1.65km (550 Floors).

11. TWO-Times Winning the Malaysia Towerrunning National Championship (2022 & 2023).

Upcoming Goals in 2024: