The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:50 at Cologne 2026 put Thilo Schmalkoke on the age-group podium: 3rd of 14 in the 50–54 age group.
The stations carried this race: faster than 77% of the field across all eight, against 51% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:12 on the median.
The field ran 1:45 slower at Cologne 2026 than at Berlin 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:49Running 1 3:45v median +0:01
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 4:55v median +0:16
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 4:58v median −0:08
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Block 04 8:58Running 4 5:02v median −0:04
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Block 05 9:37Running 5 5:13v median +0:01
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:04v median +0:00
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 5:16v median +0:04
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Block 08 11:15Running 8 4:57v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:28
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 452
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 452 men who finished.