The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:05 at Cologne 2025 put Philipp Ritterhoff 531st of 1,182 men in the Open division, ahead of 55% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 3:02 on the median. A harder second half: 1:51 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. 11:41 slower than at Berlin 2024, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:06Running 1 4:34v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 4:28v median −0:11
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Block 03 9:11Running 3 4:55v median −0:03
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Block 04 7:43Running 4 4:53v median −0:08
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Block 05 9:39Running 5 4:49v median −0:19
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 4:46v median −0:17
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Block 07 9:02Running 7 6:56v median +1:50
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Block 08 14:48Running 8 8:04v median +1:50
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.