The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jens Engel finished 915th of 924 men in the Open division at Cologne 2026, in 2:26:06.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 19:30. A harder second half: 9:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:18 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Cologne 2026 and Frankfurt 2025 were 2:59 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:17Running 1 5:09v median +0:59
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Block 02 11:20Running 2 6:21v median +1:09
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Block 03 14:56Running 3 6:50v median +1:16
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Block 04 23:21Running 4 7:12v median +1:35
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Block 05 12:35Running 5 7:08v median +1:19
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Block 06 9:41Running 6 7:00v median +1:24
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Block 07 17:45Running 7 7:02v median +1:23
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Block 08 34:00Running 8 7:00v median +1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:18
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.