The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mikael Saukko finished 857th of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 1:56:04.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:12 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:45 in the roxzone was slower than 95% 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 11:36Running 1 6:12v median +0:57
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 5:20v median +0:37
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Block 03 13:02Running 3 5:50v median +0:55
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Block 04 15:49Running 4 6:10v median +1:16
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Block 05 12:41Running 5 7:14v median +2:06
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Block 06 9:08Running 6 6:24v median +1:27
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Block 07 11:57Running 7 6:26v median +1:29
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Block 08 23:00Running 8 10:06v median +4:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:45
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.