The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:41 at Cologne 2026 put Vahdet Akkaya 171st of 259 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 51% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:29 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 3:47 faster at Cologne 2026 than at Hamburg 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:08Running 1 3:40v median −0:19
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 4:50v median −0:14
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Block 03 11:55Running 3 5:09v median −0:22
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Block 04 10:38Running 4 5:20v median −0:10
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:30v median −0:13
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:25v median −0:05
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Block 07 15:02Running 7 5:28v median −0:06
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Block 08 14:24Running 8 7:14v median +1:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:05
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.