The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Blum finished 737th of 1,068 men in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:35:54.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:04. The race faded late: the second half went 3:32 worse 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. 11:13 slower than at Geneva 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:13Running 1 5:40v median +0:28
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Block 02 10:36Running 2 7:30v median +2:29
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Block 03 10:15Running 3 5:51v median +0:24
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Block 04 11:41Running 4 5:50v median +0:25
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Block 05 10:42Running 5 5:56v median +0:19
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 5:56v median +0:27
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Block 07 13:07Running 7 5:53v median +0:24
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Block 08 15:35Running 8 7:35v median +2:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:48
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.