The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:23:03 at Cologne 2026 put Markus Gunnesch 914th of 924 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:28. The race faded late: the second half went 4:22 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:47 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
The field ran 1:29 slower at Cologne 2026 than at Berlin 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:46Running 1 6:02v median +1:52
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Block 02 13:46Running 2 9:51v median +4:39
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Block 03 16:41Running 3 10:24v median +4:50
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Block 04 19:32Running 4 10:23v median +4:46
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Block 05 16:46Running 5 10:38v median +4:49
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Block 06 13:00Running 6 10:18v median +4:42
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Block 07 17:59Running 7 10:18v median +4:39
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Block 08 21:54Running 8 7:56v median +2:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:47
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.