The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Tietze finished 914th of 913 men in the Open division at Helsinki 2026, in 3:10:51.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 12:16. The race faded late: the second half went 24:59 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 22:50, behind 99% 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 14:35Running 1 7:43v median +2:28
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Block 02 13:00Running 2 7:55v median +3:12
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Block 03 16:41Running 3 8:17v median +3:22
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Block 04 24:57Running 4 9:34v median +4:40
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Block 05 18:50Running 5 11:17v median +6:09
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Block 06 15:09Running 6 9:51v median +4:54
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Block 07 26:33Running 7 9:21v median +4:24
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Block 08 38:26Running 8 21:52v median +15:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 22:50
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.