The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Stillman finished 846th of 1,068 men in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:42:37.
The runs carried this race: faster than 66% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:04 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:07 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 9:02Running 1 4:28v median −0:44
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Block 02 9:43Running 2 4:37v median −0:24
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 5:09v median −0:18
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Block 04 14:33Running 4 5:09v median −0:16
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:22v median −0:15
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 5:15v median −0:14
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Block 07 15:28Running 7 5:14v median −0:15
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Block 08 16:17Running 8 4:53v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
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.