The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marcus Raben took 3rd of 21 in the 50–54 age group at Cologne 2025, in 1:15:09.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:49 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:07 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cologne gained about 0:24. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Marcus Raben.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:00Running 1 4:36v median −0:18
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:15v median −0:25
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Block 03 8:28Running 3 4:11v median −0:45
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Block 04 8:48Running 4 4:16v median −0:43
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Block 05 8:48Running 5 4:10v median −0:58
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Block 06 6:26Running 6 4:15v median −0:46
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Block 07 8:46Running 7 4:17v median −0:47
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Block 08 11:32Running 8 5:04v median −1:09
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.