The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael McEvoy finished 430th of 494 men in the Open division at Cologne 2025, in 1:45:08.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:22. A harder second half: 2:48 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. An improvement of 17:43 on London 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:54Running 1 6:03v median +1:09
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Block 02 9:57Running 2 5:29v median +0:49
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Block 03 11:36Running 3 5:53v median +0:57
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Block 04 12:42Running 4 5:53v median +0:54
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Block 05 11:07Running 5 5:47v median +0:39
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:36v median +0:35
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Block 07 14:59Running 7 5:53v median +0:49
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Block 08 17:38Running 8 7:33v median +1:20
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.