The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fabian Könen finished 512th of 924 men in the Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:29:46.
The runs carried this race: faster than 55% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 34% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:11 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 3:01 faster at Cologne 2026 than at Cologne 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:26Running 1 3:55v median −0:15
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Block 02 8:44Running 2 5:03v median −0:09
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Block 03 10:45Running 3 5:44v median +0:10
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Block 04 11:50Running 4 5:37v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 5:40v median −0:09
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:26v median −0:10
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Block 07 12:01Running 7 5:39v median +0:00
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Block 08 13:33Running 8 5:24v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:02
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.