The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joel Russ took 3rd of 90 in the 45–49 age group at Helsinki 2026, in 1:06:17.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 73% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:02 ahead of the median. Quick through the roxzone: 5:09, ahead of 90% of the field.
The field ran 5:11 faster at Helsinki 2026 than at Copenhagen 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:01Running 1 3:43v median −1:32
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Block 02 5:49Running 2 3:26v median −1:17
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Block 03 7:45Running 3 3:28v median −1:27
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Block 04 7:44Running 4 3:33v median −1:21
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Block 05 8:02Running 5 3:31v median −1:37
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Block 06 5:00Running 6 3:35v median −1:22
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Block 07 7:54Running 7 3:35v median −1:22
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Block 08 11:01Running 8 4:21v median −1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:09
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 911
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 911 men who finished.