The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:41 at St. Gallen 2026 put Luca Merkli 912th of 1,068 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 30% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 3:11. A harder second half: 3:13 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:41Running 1 6:10v median +0:58
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Block 02 9:16Running 2 6:12v median +1:11
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 6:39v median +1:12
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Block 04 15:48Running 4 7:01v median +1:36
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Block 05 13:19Running 5 7:47v median +2:10
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Block 06 9:17Running 6 7:11v median +1:42
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Block 07 11:49Running 7 6:38v median +1:09
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Block 08 16:44Running 8 8:22v median +3:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:51
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.