The race, in three figures
Field beaten
31%
Runs
32%
Stations
Biggest gain
50m Sled Push
+0:03
v median
503/924
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+1:36
v median
661/924
Rank
The race, in words
Markus Laudenbach finished 636th of 924 men in the Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:36:13.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:36 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:28Running 1 4:41v median +0:31
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Block 02 9:12Running 2 5:50v median +0:38
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 6:07v median +0:33
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Block 04 12:22Running 4 6:09v median +0:32
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Block 05 11:31Running 5 6:14v median +0:25
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:17v median +0:41
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 6:19v median +0:40
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Block 08 15:05Running 8 5:59v median +0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:00
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:47
0:02
0:45
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:01
0:30
0:31
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:57
0:10
0:47
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:24
0:06
0:18
B5 · 1000m Row
1:00
0:34
0:26
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:28
1:02
0:26
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:22
0:19
1:03
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 8:18 behind
Elsewhere
Other races by Markus Laudenbach
Source Unofficial
Event
Cologne 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI151C
Measured against
Men · n = 924