The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jussi Aho & Matti Nykänen finished 218th of 431 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:14:01.
A station race more than a running one: 91% of the field beaten on the stations, against 36% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:04 on the median. A harder second half: 2:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:33Running 1 5:01v median −0:20
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Block 02 6:25Running 2 4:53v median +0:09
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Block 03 7:23Running 3 5:28v median +0:31
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Block 04 8:11Running 4 5:27v median +0:30
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 5:17v median +0:13
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 6:06v median +1:06
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Block 07 8:38Running 7 5:35v median +0:32
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Block 08 10:30Running 8 6:28v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:22
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.