The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Charles Mercier & Maxime Bardet at St. Gallen 2026: 1:05:18, 65th of 654 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 98% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 50% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:40 on the median.
St. Gallen cost the whole field time: about 1:41 more than the average race this season, going by 311 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 4:17v median −1:10
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Block 02 5:43Running 2 3:51v median −1:19
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Block 03 7:40Running 3 3:56v median −1:40
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Block 04 5:35Running 4 4:02v median −1:37
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Block 05 8:52Running 5 4:03v median −1:46
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Block 06 5:43Running 6 4:05v median −1:35
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Block 07 7:58Running 7 4:05v median −1:35
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Block 08 8:19Running 8 3:38v median −1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:08
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 634
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 634 men's teams who finished.