The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Costin Matache finished 673rd of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:34:01.
The runs carried this race: faster than 39% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:26 slower than the median.
Helsinki ran fast: the 434 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:49 quicker here than at their other races. Costin Matache's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:55Running 1 5:49v median +0:34
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 5:12v median +0:29
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 5:13v median +0:18
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Block 04 11:33Running 4 5:15v median +0:21
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 4:59v median −0:09
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 5:04v median +0:07
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Block 07 12:41Running 7 5:19v median +0:22
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Block 08 15:07Running 8 6:46v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
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.