The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, Julien Grogg crossed the line in 1:22:03: 351st of 1,068 men, faster than 67% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 91% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 37% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:00. The race faded late: the second half went 2:49 worse 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 4:14v median −0:58
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 4:08v median −0:53
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Block 03 8:53Running 3 4:19v median −1:08
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Block 04 10:16Running 4 4:22v median −1:03
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 4:45v median −0:52
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Block 06 6:17Running 6 4:38v median −0:51
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 4:43v median −0:46
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Block 08 13:56Running 8 3:50v median −1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:44
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.