The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matij Mersch took 3rd of 62 in the 40–44 age group at Cologne 2025, in 1:03:27.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:54 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:11 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Cologne 2025 and Amsterdam 2024 were 2:12 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:11Running 1 4:16v median −0:38
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Block 02 6:11Running 2 3:59v median −0:41
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Block 03 7:14Running 3 4:12v median −0:44
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Block 04 7:48Running 4 4:13v median −0:46
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Block 05 8:22Running 5 4:10v median −0:58
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Block 06 5:43Running 6 4:06v median −0:55
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Block 07 7:23Running 7 4:01v median −1:03
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Block 08 8:36Running 8 4:44v median −1:29
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.