The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthias Bendler took 2nd of 12 in the 45–49 age group at Hamburg 2025, in 1:08:23.
A station race more than a running one: 93% of the field beaten on the stations, against 61% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:13 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:20 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Hamburg gave the field time back: about 1:06 faster than the average race this season, by 245 athletes who raced both. 3:05 slower than at Stuttgart 2024, the previous Pro race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:01Running 1 5:01v median +0:14
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 4:03v median −0:06
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Block 03 7:38Running 3 4:10v median −0:18
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Block 04 7:31Running 4 4:15v median −0:14
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Block 05 8:28Running 5 4:18v median −0:19
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Block 06 5:44Running 6 4:12v median −0:16
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Block 07 8:00Running 7 4:24v median −0:09
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Block 08 9:03Running 8 4:48v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 246
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 246 men who finished.