The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Asa Lim finished 642nd of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:31:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:25 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:21Running 1 4:44v median −0:31
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 4:50v median +0:07
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Block 03 11:46Running 3 5:23v median +0:28
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Block 04 10:04Running 4 4:59v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:36Running 5 5:44v median +0:36
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:09v median +0:12
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Block 07 12:17Running 7 4:56v median −0:01
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Block 08 15:01Running 8 6:32v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:20
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.