The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Wouter Van Den Hoogenband at Cologne 2025: 1:03:40, 28th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 3:30 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:06 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. 0:41 faster than at Belgium 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:29Running 1 3:27v median −1:23
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Block 02 5:26Running 2 3:23v median −1:16
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Block 03 8:08Running 3 3:46v median −1:12
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Block 04 5:34Running 4 3:38v median −1:23
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Block 05 8:09Running 5 3:42v median −1:26
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Block 06 5:43Running 6 3:42v median −1:21
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Block 07 7:14Running 7 3:47v median −1:19
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Block 08 10:13Running 8 4:41v median −1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1175
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,175 men who finished.