The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niek KleinJan & Michael Sohm finished 429th of 654 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:21:57.
Legs and stations told different stories: 70% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:16. The race faded late: the second half went 4:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in St. Gallen. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:41.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:49Running 1 4:46v median −0:41
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 4:29v median −0:41
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Block 03 8:31Running 3 4:50v median −0:46
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Block 04 8:48Running 4 4:53v median −0:46
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:17v median −0:32
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Block 06 6:46Running 6 5:01v median −0:39
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Block 07 9:17Running 7 4:55v median −0:45
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Block 08 14:09Running 8 6:37v median +1:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
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.