The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:05:14 at St. Gallen 2026 put Barney Fairnington on the age-group podium: 2nd of 146 in the 40–44 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:17 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:58 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:39, was faster than 94% of the field.
This was a slow day in St. Gallen. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:57. 2:25 faster than at Madrid 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 4:13v median −0:59
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 4:07v median −0:54
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Block 03 7:35Running 3 4:20v median −1:07
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Block 04 8:31Running 4 4:25v median −1:00
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Block 05 8:49Running 5 4:28v median −1:09
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Block 06 5:40Running 6 4:17v median −1:12
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Block 07 7:17Running 7 4:17v median −1:12
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Block 08 7:28Running 8 3:39v median −1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:39
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1028
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,028 men who finished.