The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samuel Guertler & Ines Authier finished 559th of 792 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at St. Gallen 2026, in 1:28:27.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 1:36 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:42 better 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 9:36Running 1 5:20v median −0:32
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Block 02 9:24Running 2 5:26v median −0:08
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Block 03 11:31Running 3 6:35v median +0:40
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Block 04 10:21Running 4 5:59v median +0:03
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:24v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 6:20v median +0:17
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Block 07 10:45Running 7 6:42v median +0:42
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Block 08 10:19Running 8 5:12v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.