The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco Di Pietro finished 673rd of 1,068 men in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:33:16.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:07. A harder second half: 4:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:02Running 1 5:33v median +0:21
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Block 02 8:48Running 2 5:07v median +0:06
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Block 03 11:00Running 3 5:31v median +0:04
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Block 04 10:54Running 4 5:27v median +0:02
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:38v median +0:01
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Block 06 8:33Running 6 5:43v median +0:14
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 5:35v median +0:06
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Block 08 14:19Running 8 5:06v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:47
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.