The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Backes finished 1,606th of 1,883 men in the Open division at Frankfurt 2025, in 1:45:16.
The stations carried this race: faster than 29% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:36 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:51 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Frankfurt ran slow: the 1,224 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:35 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:36Running 1 5:10v median +1:03
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Block 02 10:01Running 2 5:50v median +0:58
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Block 03 16:30Running 3 10:35v median +5:21
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Block 04 13:21Running 4 6:23v median +1:10
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Block 05 11:55Running 5 6:33v median +1:05
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 6:05v median +0:49
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Block 07 12:09Running 7 6:10v median +0:56
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Block 08 15:10Running 8 6:56v median +0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:26
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.