The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kireth Bolina finished 908th of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 2:36:39.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 13:45 behind the median. A harder second half: 20:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:20 in the roxzone was slower than 98% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Helsinki gained about 2:49. That was 6:26 off the time at Warsaw 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:11Running 1 6:45v median +1:30
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Block 02 12:52Running 2 7:04v median +2:21
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Block 03 19:32Running 3 7:28v median +2:33
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Block 04 15:59Running 4 8:07v median +3:13
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Block 05 14:01Running 5 7:56v median +2:48
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Block 06 11:28Running 6 8:01v median +3:04
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Block 07 28:11Running 7 9:30v median +4:33
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Block 08 29:14Running 8 13:16v median +7:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:20
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.