The race, in three figures
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−1:46
v median
155/1182
Rank
Biggest loss
50m Sled Push
−0:10
v median
436/1182
Rank
The race, in words
Volker Schmitz took 2nd of 47 in the 50–54 age group at Cologne 2025, in 1:08:19.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:46 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:23 better against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 3:22 faster at Cologne 2025 than at Karlsruhe 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:06Running 1 4:01v median −0:49
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Block 02 6:28Running 2 3:52v median −0:47
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Block 03 7:17Running 3 3:55v median −1:03
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Block 04 9:03Running 4 4:00v median −1:01
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Block 05 8:31Running 5 4:08v median −1:00
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Block 06 5:47Running 6 4:08v median −0:55
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Block 07 8:32Running 7 4:10v median −0:56
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Block 08 10:04Running 8 4:48v median −1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:36
0:02
0:34
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:15
0:05
0:10
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:23
0:06
0:17
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:59
0:13
0:46
B5 · 1000m Row
0:35
0:24
0:11
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:53
0:45
0:08
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
0:54
0:42
0:12
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 17:19 ahead
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Cologne 2025
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JIA57
Measured against
Men · n = 1182