The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Yang finished 805th of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:43:52.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 7:12 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:38 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 10:44Running 1 5:35v median +0:20
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 5:04v median +0:21
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Block 03 11:00Running 3 5:10v median +0:15
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Block 04 12:00Running 4 5:11v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:15v median +0:07
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 5:01v median +0:04
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Block 07 12:27Running 7 5:16v median +0:19
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Block 08 21:17Running 8 7:23v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:36
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.