The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benjamin Gut finished 427th of 1,068 men in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:24:53, faster than 60% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 83% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 34% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:21. A harder second half: 4:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in St. Gallen. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:57.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:46Running 1 4:15v median −0:57
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Block 02 7:01Running 2 4:08v median −0:53
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Block 03 10:21Running 3 5:15v median −0:12
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Block 04 10:03Running 4 4:37v median −0:48
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:03v median −0:34
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Block 06 6:49Running 6 4:43v median −0:46
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Block 07 11:02Running 7 4:37v median −0:52
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Block 08 13:48Running 8 4:21v median −0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:56
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.