The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Florian Barral finished 756th of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:39:25.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:53 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:37 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. 2:44 faster than at Mexico City 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 4:44v median −0:31
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 4:23v median −0:20
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Block 03 12:33Running 3 5:40v median +0:45
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Block 04 12:00Running 4 4:26v median −0:28
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Block 05 11:06Running 5 5:37v median +0:29
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 4:43v median −0:14
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Block 07 12:38Running 7 4:48v median −0:09
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Block 08 17:50Running 8 6:15v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:28
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.