The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Valentina Burtscher & Andreas Rutishauser finished in the top 10% of the field at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:09:25 for 71st of 792 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 96% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 65% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:32 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:00 better against the middle of the field than the first.
St. Gallen ran slow: the 374 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:08 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:52Running 1 4:36v median −1:16
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 4:17v median −1:17
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Block 03 8:36Running 3 4:29v median −1:26
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Block 04 7:50Running 4 4:38v median −1:18
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 4:39v median −1:25
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Block 06 6:06Running 6 4:25v median −1:38
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Block 07 7:55Running 7 4:32v median −1:28
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Block 08 7:57Running 8 3:55v median −1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:16
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.