The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paulus Kemppainen & Mika Raitanen finished 407th of 431 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:36:57.
The stations carried this race: faster than 23% of the field across all eight, against 3% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:59 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:23 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 10:12Running 1 6:03v median +0:42
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Block 02 9:25Running 2 7:34v median +2:50
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Block 03 11:11Running 3 7:54v median +2:57
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Block 04 11:51Running 4 8:00v median +3:03
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Block 05 13:06Running 5 8:29v median +3:25
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Block 06 9:36Running 6 8:07v median +3:07
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Block 07 12:32Running 7 8:05v median +3:02
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Block 08 11:46Running 8 6:34v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:26
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.