The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, Romain Humair crossed the line in 1:21:53: 346th of 1,068 men, faster than 68% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 88% of the field beaten on the stations, against 49% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:50 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:13 better against the middle of the field than the first.
St. Gallen cost the whole field time: about 1:57 more than the average race this season, going by 530 athletes who raced both. That was 9:30 off the time at Geneva 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:35Running 1 4:32v median −0:40
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Block 02 6:50Running 2 4:21v median −0:40
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Block 03 12:17Running 3 8:14v median +2:47
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Block 04 7:35Running 4 4:49v median −0:36
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Block 05 9:52Running 5 5:21v median −0:16
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Block 06 7:14Running 6 5:14v median −0:15
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Block 07 10:25Running 7 5:30v median +0:01
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Block 08 10:54Running 8 4:58v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:20
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.