The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthias Lenz finished 493rd of 924 men in the Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:28:56.
Legs and stations told different stories: 64% of the field beaten on the runs, 35% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:59. The race faded late: the second half went 4:45 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Cologne 2026 and Cologne 2025 were 3:01 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:01Running 1 3:38v median −0:32
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 4:29v median −0:43
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 5:04v median −0:30
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Block 04 10:16Running 4 4:56v median −0:41
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:08v median −0:41
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 5:07v median −0:29
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 5:12v median −0:27
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Block 08 16:34Running 8 7:05v median +1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 916
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 916 men who finished.