The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:15:09 at St. Gallen 2026 put Lutz Thelen 1,050th of 1,068 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:11 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 15:32 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
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 13:19Running 1 8:12v median +3:00
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Block 02 11:49Running 2 6:53v median +1:52
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Block 03 16:17Running 3 7:15v median +1:48
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Block 04 13:17Running 4 7:30v median +2:05
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Block 05 13:38Running 5 8:04v median +2:27
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Block 06 11:23Running 6 7:54v median +2:25
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Block 07 19:30Running 7 8:09v median +2:40
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Block 08 20:33Running 8 8:13v median +3:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:32
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.