The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Failer finished 895th of 1,068 men in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:46:16.
The runs carried this race: faster than 42% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:02 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:02 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 10:34Running 1 5:39v median +0:27
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Block 02 9:21Running 2 5:32v median +0:31
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Block 03 11:12Running 3 5:34v median +0:07
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Block 04 13:44Running 4 5:29v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 5:40v median +0:03
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 5:41v median +0:12
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Block 07 15:18Running 7 5:45v median +0:16
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Block 08 18:23Running 8 5:15v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:55
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.