The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nicolas Ruppert finished 428th of 494 men in the Open division at Cologne 2025, in 1:44:44.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:29 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:47 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:20 better 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 10:03Running 1 5:29v median +0:35
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Block 02 12:05Running 2 7:28v median +2:48
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Block 03 12:35Running 3 7:40v median +2:44
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Block 04 13:05Running 4 5:57v median +0:58
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 6:15v median +1:07
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 6:05v median +1:04
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Block 07 9:33Running 7 6:18v median +1:14
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Block 08 15:35Running 8 8:39v median +2:26
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.