The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Markku Niska finished 835th of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:51:25.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:33. The race faded late: the second half went 2:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:18 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Helsinki ran fast: the 434 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:49 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:01Running 1 6:03v median +0:48
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Block 02 8:33Running 2 5:42v median +0:59
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Block 03 13:29Running 3 6:24v median +1:29
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Block 04 14:48Running 4 6:18v median +1:24
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Block 05 12:07Running 5 6:49v median +1:41
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 6:47v median +1:50
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Block 07 15:23Running 7 6:54v median +1:57
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Block 08 15:31Running 8 7:59v median +1:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:18
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.