The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jan Blandkjenn finished 846th of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:53:33.
Legs and stations told different stories: 32% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:20 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:29 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 10:47Running 1 5:42v median +0:27
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 5:03v median +0:20
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Block 03 12:06Running 3 5:12v median +0:17
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Block 04 13:44Running 4 5:20v median +0:26
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 5:41v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 5:24v median +0:27
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Block 07 14:57Running 7 5:45v median +0:48
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Block 08 22:59Running 8 6:57v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:46
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.