The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bettina Kahlert finished 709th of 725 women in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 2:20:38.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 1% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 29:34 behind the median. A harder second half: 26:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
St. Gallen ran slow: the 354 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:51 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:49Running 1 6:20v median +0:23
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Block 02 10:07Running 2 5:50v median +0:08
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Block 03 14:19Running 3 6:11v median +0:11
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Block 04 16:01Running 4 6:16v median +0:15
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Block 05 12:35Running 5 6:30v median +0:22
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 6:32v median +0:31
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Block 07 15:55Running 7 6:27v median +0:26
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Block 08 42:17Running 8 5:52v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
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.