The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Mensah finished 535th of 1,068 men in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:28:23.
Legs and stations told different stories: 80% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:25 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:51 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. That was 0:58 off the time at London Excel 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:12Running 1 4:43v median −0:29
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 4:30v median −0:31
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 4:41v median −0:46
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Block 04 10:48Running 4 4:43v median −0:42
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:01v median −0:36
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 4:41v median −0:48
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 4:45v median −0:44
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Block 08 13:55Running 8 4:24v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:47
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.