The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tijmen Leenders finished 652nd of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:32:45.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:25 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Helsinki gave the field time back: about 2:49 faster than the average race this season, by 434 athletes who raced both. The fastest of 4 finishes in the Open division for Tijmen Leenders.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:44Running 1 5:39v median +0:24
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 4:49v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:42Running 3 5:02v median +0:07
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 5:15v median +0:21
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 5:23v median +0:15
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:11v median +0:14
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Block 07 10:30Running 7 5:31v median +0:34
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Block 08 16:40Running 8 6:33v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:59
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.