The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Niesters finished 507th of 924 men in the Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:29:35.
A station race more than a running one: 68% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:36 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:40 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 4:58v median +0:48
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Block 02 11:21Running 2 8:08v median +2:56
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 5:56v median +0:22
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Block 04 9:46Running 4 5:49v median +0:12
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:50v median +0:01
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:49v median +0:13
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Block 07 10:01Running 7 5:40v median +0:01
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Block 08 14:24Running 8 7:15v median +1:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:48
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.