The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Frank Dürselen took 3rd of 11 in the 55–59 age group at Cologne 2026, in 1:26:35.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:31 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:30 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:36 better against the middle of the field than before it.
The field ran 2:48 faster at Cologne 2026 than at Frankfurt 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:48Running 1 4:21v median +0:22
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 5:20v median +0:16
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 6:01v median +0:30
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Block 04 10:25Running 4 5:36v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:36v median −0:07
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 5:33v median +0:03
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Block 07 10:27Running 7 5:48v median +0:14
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Block 08 13:48Running 8 5:21v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:31
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 258
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 258 men who finished.