The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Howard finished 169th of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:13:10, faster than 82% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 92% of the field beaten on the runs, 64% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:28 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:18 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Helsinki gained about 2:49.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:34Running 1 4:48v median −0:27
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Block 02 7:01Running 2 3:56v median −0:47
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Block 03 8:19Running 3 3:59v median −0:56
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Block 04 8:27Running 4 3:56v median −0:58
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Block 05 8:23Running 5 4:03v median −1:05
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Block 06 6:33Running 6 4:08v median −0:49
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Block 07 8:51Running 7 4:07v median −0:50
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Block 08 9:57Running 8 4:43v median −1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:13
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.