The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ali Ghazal & Alireza Bazvand finished 355th of 431 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:26:28.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:52 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
Helsinki ran fast: the 167 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:47 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:52Running 1 5:22v median +0:01
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 5:01v median +0:17
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Block 03 8:49Running 3 5:31v median +0:34
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Block 04 8:43Running 4 5:32v median +0:35
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:32v median +0:28
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 5:25v median +0:25
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 5:17v median +0:14
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Block 08 15:44Running 8 10:50v median +5:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:52
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.