The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Adam Darbyshire at Cologne 2025: 1:04:15, 34th of 1,182 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:23 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:11 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. 3:27 slower than at Katowice 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:12Running 1 4:06v median −0:44
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Block 02 6:32Running 2 3:49v median −0:50
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Block 03 7:17Running 3 3:58v median −1:00
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Block 04 7:00Running 4 3:51v median −1:10
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Block 05 8:18Running 5 3:54v median −1:14
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Block 06 5:49Running 6 4:18v median −0:45
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Block 07 7:15Running 7 3:54v median −1:12
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Block 08 9:19Running 8 4:40v median −1:34
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.