The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Markus Rings finished 134th of 164 men in the Open division at Cologne 2025, in 1:45:32.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:26. The race faded late: the second half went 5:05 worse 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:09Running 1 5:20v median +0:32
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Block 02 9:07Running 2 5:34v median +0:49
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Block 03 11:45Running 3 6:14v median +1:04
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Block 04 13:20Running 4 6:22v median +1:16
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Block 05 11:52Running 5 6:39v median +1:23
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 6:39v median +1:29
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Block 07 13:59Running 7 7:06v median +1:51
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Block 08 17:10Running 8 9:14v median +2:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 162
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 162 men who finished.