The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Stephenson finished 907th of 1,068 men in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:47:17.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:40. The race faded late: the second half went 8:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
St. Gallen ran slow: the 530 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:57 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:44Running 1 6:19v median +1:07
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 6:04v median +1:03
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Block 03 11:02Running 3 6:17v median +0:50
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Block 04 13:49Running 4 6:20v median +0:55
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Block 05 12:01Running 5 6:43v median +1:06
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Block 06 9:41Running 6 7:01v median +1:32
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Block 07 15:53Running 7 7:03v median +1:34
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Block 08 16:31Running 8 6:33v median +1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:51
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.