The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Wilbur took 3rd of 15 in the 60–64 age group at Helsinki 2026, in 1:25:54.
The runs carried this race: faster than 68% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 34% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:04 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:26 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 9:38Running 1 5:05v median −0:10
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 4:17v median −0:26
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Block 03 9:13Running 3 4:36v median −0:19
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Block 04 10:07Running 4 4:41v median −0:13
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 4:38v median −0:30
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 4:41v median −0:16
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Block 07 10:19Running 7 4:43v median −0:14
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Block 08 14:29Running 8 5:43v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:13
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.