The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jay Sheppard finished 493rd of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:24:58.
Legs and stations told different stories: 69% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:34 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 10:02Running 1 4:57v median −0:18
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 4:21v median −0:22
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Block 03 9:51Running 3 4:41v median −0:14
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Block 04 10:23Running 4 4:42v median −0:12
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 4:53v median −0:15
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 4:36v median −0:21
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Block 07 11:07Running 7 4:37v median −0:20
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Block 08 13:27Running 8 5:22v median −0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:02
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.