The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Lima finished 721st of 1,068 men in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:35:14.
Legs and stations told different stories: 73% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:47 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
St. Gallen ran slow: the 530 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:57 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 4:45v median −0:27
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Block 02 8:48Running 2 4:43v median −0:18
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Block 03 12:16Running 3 5:03v median −0:24
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 4:51v median −0:34
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:03v median −0:34
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Block 06 8:38Running 6 5:02v median −0:27
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Block 07 10:23Running 7 5:00v median −0:29
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Block 08 17:24Running 8 4:31v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:26
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.