The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:09 at Helsinki 2026 put Timo Saatola & Veli-Pekka Solonen 412th of 431 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:49. The race faded late: the second half went 6:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:37 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 11:10Running 1 6:38v median +1:17
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 5:46v median +1:02
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Block 03 9:32Running 3 5:50v median +0:53
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Block 04 11:33Running 4 5:58v median +1:01
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Block 05 11:42Running 5 6:34v median +1:30
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Block 06 7:57Running 6 6:05v median +1:05
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Block 07 13:31Running 7 7:14v median +2:11
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Block 08 15:42Running 8 9:44v median +3:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:37
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.