The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cologne 2025, Kai Esser crossed the line in 1:10:38: 63rd of 494 men, faster than 87% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:04 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:04 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 slower than at Maastricht European Championships 2023, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:10Running 1 4:11v median −0:43
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Block 02 6:27Running 2 4:03v median −0:37
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Block 03 8:26Running 3 4:36v median −0:20
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Block 04 8:46Running 4 4:23v median −0:36
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Block 05 8:46Running 5 4:32v median −0:36
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Block 06 6:06Running 6 4:29v median −0:32
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Block 07 8:53Running 7 4:25v median −0:39
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Block 08 9:50Running 8 5:08v median −1:05
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.