The race, in three figures
Field beaten
14%
Runs
31%
Stations
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−0:54
v median
89/269
Rank
Biggest loss
100m Sandbag Lunges
+3:02
v median
251/269
Rank
The race, in words
1:42:34 at Cologne 2026 put Eric Putzbach 220th of 269 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:54 on the median. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:02 slower than the median.
The field ran 1:29 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 9:10Running 1 4:25v median +0:15
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Block 02 10:03Running 2 5:52v median +0:45
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Block 03 11:21Running 3 6:23v median +0:55
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Block 04 11:54Running 4 6:24v median +0:55
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Block 05 11:22Running 5 6:30v median +0:55
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 6:30v median +1:03
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Block 07 17:10Running 7 9:00v median +3:32
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Block 08 14:54Running 8 8:31v median +3:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:32
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:45
0:02
0:43
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:14
0:29
0:45
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:01
0:09
0:52
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:37
0:05
0:32
B5 · 1000m Row
1:39
0:55
0:44
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
3:46
11:15
−7:29
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
−1:29
−10:10
8:41
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
Elsewhere
Other races by Eric Putzbach
Source Unofficial
Event
Cologne 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI151B
Measured against
Men · n = 269