The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:24 at Cologne 2025 put Ben Taylor-Nicholl 751st of 1,182 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:12 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:48 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. Ben Taylor-Nicholl's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:32Running 1 5:02v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:42Running 2 4:48v median +0:09
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 5:02v median +0:04
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Block 04 12:00Running 4 5:02v median +0:01
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:18v median +0:10
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 5:27v median +0:24
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Block 07 13:02Running 7 5:42v median +0:36
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Block 08 14:04Running 8 6:53v median +0:39
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.