The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Engel & Zina Engel finished in the top 10% of the field at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:03:27 for 15th of 792 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:58 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:24 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:44, was faster than 94% of the field.
St. Gallen cost the whole field time: about 3:08 more than the average race this season, going by 374 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:53Running 1 4:08v median −1:44
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Block 02 5:54Running 2 4:00v median −1:34
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Block 03 8:58Running 3 5:32v median −0:23
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Block 04 7:28Running 4 4:21v median −1:35
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Block 05 8:47Running 5 4:19v median −1:45
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Block 06 5:37Running 6 4:22v median −1:41
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Block 07 7:12Running 7 4:20v median −1:40
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Block 08 7:02Running 8 3:36v median −1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:44
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 744
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 744 mixed teams who finished.