The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ferenc Gombar & Stefan Rüegg finished 608th of 654 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:36:36.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:09 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:05 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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 10:40Running 1 6:31v median +1:04
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 6:35v median +1:25
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Block 03 10:26Running 3 7:07v median +1:31
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Block 04 11:07Running 4 7:25v median +1:46
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Block 05 12:29Running 5 7:22v median +1:33
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Block 06 9:28Running 6 7:16v median +1:36
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Block 07 13:01Running 7 7:24v median +1:44
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 6:16v median +1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:05
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.