The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tuomas Salonen finished 776th of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:41:05.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:57. A harder second half: 5:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:17 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
Helsinki gave the field time back: about 2:49 faster than the average race this season, by 434 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:33Running 1 6:03v median +0:48
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Block 02 7:46Running 2 5:22v median +0:39
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 6:05v median +1:10
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Block 04 13:00Running 4 5:59v median +1:05
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Block 05 11:59Running 5 6:47v median +1:39
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Block 06 8:16Running 6 6:16v median +1:19
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Block 07 12:39Running 7 6:23v median +1:26
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Block 08 16:53Running 8 8:14v median +2:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:17
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.