The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Merle Behnken finished 566th of 668 women in the Open division at Hamburg 2025, in 1:48:38.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 5:32 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Hamburg gained about 2:06.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:44Running 1 6:18v median +0:16
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 5:20v median +0:10
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Block 03 12:06Running 3 5:27v median +0:08
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Block 04 14:01Running 4 5:36v median +0:15
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Block 05 11:38Running 5 5:38v median +0:04
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Block 06 9:10Running 6 6:03v median +0:33
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Block 07 12:20Running 7 5:34v median +0:05
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Block 08 18:40Running 8 6:42v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:29
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 658
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 658 women who finished.