The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kai Sormunen finished 624th of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:30:57.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:33 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:10 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Helsinki gave the field time back: about 2:49 faster than the average race this season, by 434 athletes who raced both. Kai Sormunen's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:20Running 1 5:26v median +0:11
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 4:53v median +0:10
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Block 03 9:59Running 3 5:01v median +0:06
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Block 04 11:27Running 4 5:04v median +0:10
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:18v median +0:10
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Block 06 10:26Running 6 7:25v median +2:28
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Block 07 9:42Running 7 5:19v median +0:22
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Block 08 14:00Running 8 6:23v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
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.