The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jan-Michael Smyrek finished 975th of 1,068 men in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:55:01.
The wall balls cost the most time: 5:40 slower than the median. A harder second half: 6:05 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 10:31Running 1 5:54v median +0:42
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Block 02 11:11Running 2 5:57v median +0:56
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Block 03 13:13Running 3 8:06v median +2:39
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Block 04 14:22Running 4 6:31v median +1:06
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Block 05 12:14Running 5 7:05v median +1:28
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 6:29v median +1:00
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Block 07 14:28Running 7 7:00v median +1:31
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Block 08 21:42Running 8 8:56v median +3:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:38
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.