The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niels Markiefka finished 575th of 924 men in the Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:32:29.
The wall balls cost the most time: 2:31 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
That was 10:00 off the time at Essen 2019.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:50Running 1 4:22v median +0:12
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 5:17v median +0:05
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Block 03 11:21Running 3 5:36v median +0:02
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Block 04 11:48Running 4 5:30v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:34v median −0:15
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:39v median +0:03
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Block 07 11:12Running 7 5:52v median +0:13
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Block 08 15:40Running 8 5:39v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.