The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Gonzales finished 737th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Cologne 2025, in 1:30:02.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:36. The race faded late: the second half went 2:18 worse 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. 4:38 slower than at Berlin 2024, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:13Running 1 5:06v median +0:16
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Block 02 7:42Running 2 4:43v median +0:04
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 5:08v median +0:10
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Block 04 11:07Running 4 4:54v median −0:07
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 5:10v median +0:02
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 5:07v median +0:04
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Block 07 11:55Running 7 5:11v median +0:05
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Block 08 14:42Running 8 7:35v median +1:21
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.