The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:31 at Hamburg 2025 put Birger Wieking 694th of 1,486 men in the Open division, ahead of 53% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 74% of the field beaten on the runs, 34% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:54 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:16 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 2:42 slower at Hamburg 2025 than at Berlin 2024, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:24Running 1 5:03v median −0:24
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:10v median −0:31
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 4:27v median −0:34
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Block 04 11:17Running 4 4:24v median −0:36
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 4:43v median −0:30
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Block 06 6:33Running 6 4:43v median −0:22
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Block 07 11:59Running 7 4:39v median −0:26
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Block 08 14:10Running 8 5:23v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1451
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,451 men who finished.