The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Sterl finished 998th of 1,311 men in the Open division at Vienna 2026, in 1:37:21.
The runs carried this race: faster than 42% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:42. The race faded late: the second half went 3:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Vienna 2026 and Stockholm 2025 were 1:28 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:52Running 1 5:20v median −0:09
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Block 02 9:13Running 2 5:02v median +0:04
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Block 03 10:32Running 3 5:18v median −0:04
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Block 04 13:26Running 4 5:31v median +0:08
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:38v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:43v median +0:21
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Block 07 13:28Running 7 5:49v median +0:26
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Block 08 16:07Running 8 6:50v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:32
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1299
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,299 men who finished.