The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mika Kangasniemi finished 899th of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 2:18:46.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:08. A harder second half: 5:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:14 in the roxzone was slower than 87% 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 11:59Running 1 6:49v median +1:34
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Block 02 12:41Running 2 8:56v median +4:13
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Block 03 16:10Running 3 9:17v median +4:22
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Block 04 19:28Running 4 9:25v median +4:31
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Block 05 15:37Running 5 9:34v median +4:26
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Block 06 13:16Running 6 9:19v median +4:22
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Block 07 17:41Running 7 8:59v median +4:02
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Block 08 22:50Running 8 11:00v median +5:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:14
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.