The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:43 at St. Gallen 2026 put Philipp Hediger & Larissa Ritschard 465th of 792 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:30 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:11Running 1 5:54v median +0:02
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 5:22v median −0:12
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Block 03 9:51Running 3 5:50v median −0:05
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Block 04 10:05Running 4 5:53v median −0:03
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 6:09v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 6:07v median +0:04
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Block 07 11:34Running 7 6:15v median +0:15
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Block 08 9:33Running 8 5:08v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:44
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.