The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Jesper Olsen & Lars Henning Bjerregaard at Helsinki 2026: 1:00:07, 27th of 431 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 96% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 71% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:18 from the median. Quick through the roxzone: 4:35, ahead of 94% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Helsinki gained about 1:47.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:56Running 1 4:02v median −1:19
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Block 02 5:13Running 2 3:40v median −1:04
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Block 03 6:37Running 3 3:42v median −1:15
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Block 04 6:48Running 4 3:47v median −1:10
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Block 05 8:03Running 5 3:56v median −1:08
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Block 06 5:12Running 6 3:51v median −1:09
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Block 07 7:16Running 7 3:58v median −1:05
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Block 08 8:36Running 8 4:31v median −1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 431
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 431 men's teams who finished.