The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Martens took 2nd of 103 in the 35–39 age group at Cologne 2025, in 1:01:13.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:57 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:29 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Cologne gave the field time back: about 0:24 faster than the average race this season, by 1,229 athletes who raced both. Patrick Martens's fastest of 6 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:35Running 1 3:40v median −1:14
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Block 02 6:06Running 2 3:36v median −1:04
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Block 03 6:30Running 3 3:39v median −1:17
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Block 04 7:10Running 4 3:46v median −1:13
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Block 05 7:53Running 5 3:42v median −1:26
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Block 06 5:31Running 6 3:51v median −1:10
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Block 07 7:00Running 7 3:51v median −1:13
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Block 08 9:29Running 8 4:33v median −1:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 493
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 493 men who finished.