The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Kaisa Pesonen at Helsinki 2026: 1:17:18, 60th of 579 women in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 94% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 74% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:04 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 6:04, was faster than 86% of the field.
The field ran 3:18 faster at Helsinki 2026 than at Stockholm 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:40Running 1 4:45v median −1:14
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 4:24v median −0:58
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 4:25v median −1:07
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 4:29v median −1:04
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Block 05 9:34Running 5 4:32v median −1:08
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 4:24v median −1:11
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Block 07 8:25Running 7 4:36v median −0:59
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Block 08 11:35Running 8 5:31v median −1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:04
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 579
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 579 women who finished.