The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Darren Helley took 2nd of 70 in the 30–34 age group at Copenhagen 2026, in 1:05:59.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:30 on the median. A harder second half: 1:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:33, was faster than 98% of the field.
3:32 slower than at Glasgow 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:32Running 1 5:20v median −1:37
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Block 02 5:29Running 2 3:26v median −0:59
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Block 03 7:24Running 3 3:35v median −1:09
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Block 04 7:44Running 4 3:39v median −1:06
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Block 05 8:23Running 5 3:52v median −0:59
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Block 06 5:35Running 6 3:49v median −0:55
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Block 07 7:24Running 7 3:52v median −0:51
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Block 08 10:04Running 8 4:05v median −1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:33
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 383
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 383 men who finished.