The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco Kaiser finished 447th of 1,068 men in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:25:24, faster than 58% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 73% of the field beaten on the stations, against 41% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:05 on the median. A harder second half: 1:42 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 9:21Running 1 5:02v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 4:42v median −0:19
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 5:46v median +0:19
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Block 04 10:16Running 4 5:36v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 5:55v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:44v median +0:15
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Block 07 9:54Running 7 5:49v median +0:20
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Block 08 13:02Running 8 6:14v median +1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:59
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.