The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:28 at St. Gallen 2026 put Jonathan Vieira 702nd of 1,068 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 51% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:09 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:38 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. 4:53 slower than at Geneva 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:01Running 1 4:47v median −0:25
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 4:53v median −0:08
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Block 03 11:08Running 3 6:07v median +0:40
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Block 04 12:15Running 4 6:50v median +1:25
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Block 05 12:02Running 5 7:22v median +1:45
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Block 06 9:01Running 6 6:39v median +1:10
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Block 07 12:37Running 7 6:18v median +0:49
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Block 08 11:38Running 8 5:28v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:40
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.