The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Markus Karp finished 1,015th of 1,068 men in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 2:01:50.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:03 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:58 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 20:54 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
This was a slow day in St. Gallen. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:57. That was 3:33 off the time at Hamburg 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:27Running 1 6:37v median +1:25
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Block 02 10:20Running 2 6:03v median +1:02
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Block 03 12:55Running 3 6:45v median +1:18
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Block 04 12:18Running 4 6:20v median +0:55
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Block 05 11:58Running 5 6:48v median +1:11
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Block 06 8:53Running 6 6:44v median +1:15
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Block 07 16:59Running 7 6:46v median +1:17
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Block 08 16:13Running 8 6:33v median +1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 20:54
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.