The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mario Büttner & Mike Kratzmann finished 319th of 362 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:31:51.
A station race more than a running one: 33% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:50 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:03 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:44Running 1 4:47v median +0:31
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Block 02 10:42Running 2 8:58v median +3:45
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Block 03 12:25Running 3 9:21v median +3:44
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Block 04 10:48Running 4 6:53v median +1:17
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Block 05 11:58Running 5 7:31v median +1:46
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Block 06 8:47Running 6 7:15v median +1:37
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Block 07 10:43Running 7 6:16v median +0:37
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Block 08 10:35Running 8 5:37v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:17
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 361
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 361 men's teams who finished.