The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:17 at Hamburg 2025 put Richard Melcher 221st of 409 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 63% of the field across all eight, against 34% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:36 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:15 better against the middle of the field than before it.
The field ran 1:38 slower at Hamburg 2025 than at Berlin 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:10Running 1 5:52v median +0:31
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Block 02 7:14Running 2 4:49v median +0:12
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Block 03 9:55Running 3 5:23v median +0:30
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Block 04 11:10Running 4 5:31v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:46v median +0:35
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:31v median +0:35
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Block 07 10:52Running 7 5:30v median +0:32
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Block 08 11:37Running 8 6:13v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 404
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 404 men who finished.