The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simone Claßen finished 175th of 583 women in the Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:28:18, faster than 70% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 29% on the stations. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 2:04. The race faded late: the second half went 4:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Cologne 2026 and Frankfurt 2024 were 5:02 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 9:56Running 1 4:09v median −0:42
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 4:40v median −1:16
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 4:40v median −1:32
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Block 04 9:20Running 4 4:40v median −1:34
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 4:51v median −1:31
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Block 06 8:52Running 6 4:45v median −1:26
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Block 07 11:10Running 7 4:50v median −1:22
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Block 08 14:03Running 8 6:27v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:49
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 577
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 577 women who finished.