The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ralf Gärtner took 3rd of 16 in the 35–39 age group at Cologne 2025, in 1:06:20.
The sled pull was where this race was made, 1:39 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cologne ran fast: the 181 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:02 quicker here than at their other races. That was 0:03 off the time at Hamburg 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:31Running 1 3:38v median −0:40
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Block 02 6:12Running 2 3:31v median −0:41
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Block 03 7:23Running 3 3:42v median −0:47
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Block 04 7:29Running 4 3:49v median −0:43
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Block 05 7:57Running 5 3:53v median −0:43
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Block 06 5:32Running 6 3:56v median −0:39
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Block 07 7:44Running 7 3:54v median −0:48
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Block 08 12:14Running 8 5:02v median −0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 95
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 95 men who finished.