The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:16 at Helsinki 2026 put Niels Zimmermann 580th of 913 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 25% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:45. The race faded late: the second half went 1:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Helsinki ran fast: the 434 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:49 quicker here than at their other races. An improvement of 6:11 on Geneva 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:31Running 1 5:58v median +0:43
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 5:21v median +0:38
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 5:46v median +0:51
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Block 04 10:01Running 4 5:27v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:37v median +0:29
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:33v median +0:36
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Block 07 11:30Running 7 5:49v median +0:52
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Block 08 13:37Running 8 6:56v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
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.