The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Gottschalk finished 648th of 1,883 men in the Open division at Frankfurt 2025, in 1:21:10, faster than 66% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 78% of the field beaten on the runs, 44% on the stations. A harder second half: 4:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:31, was faster than 89% of the field.
Frankfurt cost the whole field time: about 0:35 more than the average race this season, going by 1,224 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:56Running 1 3:23v median −0:44
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 3:55v median −0:57
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Block 03 9:05Running 3 4:11v median −1:03
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Block 04 9:40Running 4 3:59v median −1:14
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Block 05 8:44Running 5 4:04v median −1:24
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Block 06 11:55Running 6 9:12v median +3:56
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Block 07 9:12Running 7 3:58v median −1:16
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Block 08 11:48Running 8 4:09v median −1:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:31
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1857
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,857 men who finished.