The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:01:44 at Helsinki 2026 put Vera Metzen 521st of 579 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 7:04 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Helsinki gave the field time back: about 2:57 faster than the average race this season, by 206 athletes who raced both. That was 1:58 off the time at Hamburg 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:40Running 1 6:54v median +0:55
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Block 02 9:32Running 2 6:31v median +1:09
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Block 03 13:20Running 3 6:38v median +1:06
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Block 04 17:53Running 4 7:10v median +1:37
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Block 05 12:47Running 5 6:44v median +1:04
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Block 06 9:43Running 6 6:55v median +1:20
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Block 07 14:09Running 7 7:27v median +1:52
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Block 08 22:25Running 8 8:57v median +2:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:23
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.