The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nico Wyss finished 765th of 1,068 men in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:36:59.
Legs and stations told different stories: 47% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:02. A harder second half: 6:55 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 8:58Running 1 4:22v median −0:50
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 4:53v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 5:34v median +0:07
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Block 04 12:24Running 4 5:44v median +0:19
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 6:00v median +0:23
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Block 06 8:08Running 6 5:54v median +0:25
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Block 07 12:03Running 7 5:58v median +0:29
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Block 08 17:14Running 8 5:06v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:06
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.