The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:21 at Frankfurt 2025 put Marco Bücheler 1,538th of 1,883 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 33% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:30 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:12Running 1 5:21v median +1:14
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Block 02 9:17Running 2 6:14v median +1:22
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Block 03 11:04Running 3 6:17v median +1:03
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Block 04 12:02Running 4 6:18v median +1:05
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Block 05 11:48Running 5 6:40v median +1:12
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Block 06 9:03Running 6 6:27v median +1:11
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Block 07 12:17Running 7 6:15v median +1:01
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Block 08 17:54Running 8 8:34v median +2:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:53
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.