The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:41 at St. Gallen 2026 put Sofia Koukas 136th of 725 women in the Open division, ahead of 81% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 95% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 55% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:07 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:16 better against the middle of the field than the first.
St. Gallen cost the whole field time: about 2:51 more than the average race this season, going by 354 athletes who raced both. 5:15 slower than at Hamburg 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:54Running 1 4:44v median −1:13
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 4:31v median −1:11
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 4:44v median −1:16
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 4:44v median −1:17
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 4:43v median −1:25
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Block 06 7:08Running 6 4:40v median −1:21
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Block 07 8:32Running 7 4:45v median −1:16
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Block 08 11:27Running 8 4:05v median −1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:58
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 697
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 697 women who finished.