The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stef Langendijk finished 254th of 286 men in the Pro division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:34:41.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:40. The race faded late: the second half went 4:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 7:19 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
Helsinki gave the field time back: about 3:35 faster than the average race this season, by 167 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:59Running 1 5:39v median +1:08
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 4:53v median +0:50
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Block 03 11:17Running 3 5:16v median +1:02
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Block 04 9:57Running 4 5:29v median +1:14
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:43v median +1:23
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Block 06 8:52Running 6 5:30v median +1:14
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Block 07 10:57Running 7 5:32v median +1:11
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Block 08 17:32Running 8 6:28v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 286
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 286 men who finished.