The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samuel Matter finished 501st of 1,068 men in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:27:02, faster than 53% of the field.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:17 ahead of the median. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:26. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:50 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:06Running 1 5:37v median +0:25
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 5:07v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:57Running 3 5:42v median +0:15
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Block 04 12:31Running 4 5:29v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:45v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:45v median +0:16
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Block 07 11:28Running 7 5:47v median +0:18
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Block 08 10:33Running 8 4:44v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:56
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.