The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:27 at St. Gallen 2026 put Marc Van Heems 817th of 1,068 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:34 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in St. Gallen. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:57. Marc Van Heems's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:49Running 1 5:11v median −0:01
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Block 02 9:07Running 2 5:26v median +0:25
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Block 03 11:58Running 3 5:48v median +0:21
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Block 04 14:04Running 4 5:56v median +0:31
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Block 05 11:05Running 5 6:04v median +0:27
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Block 06 8:35Running 6 6:00v median +0:31
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Block 07 14:32Running 7 5:48v median +0:19
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Block 08 13:50Running 8 5:19v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:37
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.