The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tristan Byrnes & Ian Williams finished 233rd of 431 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:14:51.
The runs carried this race: faster than 75% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:56 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Helsinki gave the field time back: about 1:47 faster than the average race this season, by 167 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:05Running 1 4:40v median −0:41
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 4:24v median −0:20
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Block 03 7:33Running 3 4:33v median −0:24
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Block 04 9:09Running 4 4:32v median −0:25
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Block 05 9:12Running 5 4:38v median −0:26
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Block 06 6:00Running 6 4:32v median −0:28
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Block 07 9:13Running 7 4:28v median −0:35
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Block 08 12:38Running 8 5:22v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:48
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.