The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Leigh Neesom finished 718th of 725 women in the Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 2:33:52.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:34. The race faded late: the second half went 10:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 19:24 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
St. Gallen cost the whole field time: about 2:51 more than the average race this season, going by 354 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:50Running 1 8:06v median +2:09
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Block 02 13:24Running 2 8:40v median +2:58
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Block 03 18:27Running 3 10:06v median +4:06
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Block 04 20:32Running 4 9:36v median +3:35
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Block 05 16:21Running 5 10:17v median +4:09
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Block 06 13:16Running 6 9:24v median +3:23
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Block 07 15:18Running 7 10:19v median +4:18
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Block 08 23:29Running 8 10:04v median +4:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:24
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.