The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:38 at Cologne 2026 put Paul Gessner 160th of 259 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 60% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 33% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:22 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:13 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:05Running 1 3:44v median −0:15
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 4:53v median −0:11
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Block 03 12:01Running 3 5:51v median +0:20
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Block 04 11:40Running 4 5:34v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:58Running 5 6:06v median +0:23
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Block 06 6:28Running 6 4:56v median −0:34
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Block 07 10:05Running 7 5:03v median −0:31
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Block 08 14:07Running 8 4:48v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:09
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.