The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joshua Smith finished 272nd of 494 men in the Open division at Cologne 2025, in 1:26:21.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:18 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cologne ran fast: the 1,229 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:24 quicker here than at their other races. That was 8:46 off the time at London 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:11Running 1 4:54v median +0:00
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 4:27v median −0:13
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 4:35v median −0:21
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Block 04 11:17Running 4 4:44v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 4:58v median −0:10
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 4:54v median −0:07
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Block 07 11:51Running 7 4:49v median −0:15
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Block 08 14:28Running 8 6:14v median +0:01
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.