The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Helfer finished 530th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Cologne 2025, in 1:24:05, faster than 55% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:08 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:35 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:02Running 1 4:48v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 4:39v median +0:00
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 5:07v median +0:09
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Block 04 8:16Running 4 4:58v median −0:03
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Block 05 9:23Running 5 4:49v median −0:19
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 4:56v median −0:07
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Block 07 10:02Running 7 4:57v median −0:09
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Block 08 12:34Running 8 6:41v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
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.