The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Felix Matenaer finished 471st of 494 men in the Open division at Cologne 2025, in 2:01:25.
The sandbag lunges were the standout, 1:13 quicker than the median and 97th of 494. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 12:12 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:19Running 1 5:45v median +0:51
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Block 02 11:27Running 2 5:22v median +0:42
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Block 03 13:33Running 3 5:48v median +0:52
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Block 04 16:15Running 4 6:00v median +1:01
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Block 05 10:55Running 5 5:56v median +0:48
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Block 06 8:49Running 6 6:01v median +1:00
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Block 07 10:27Running 7 6:56v median +1:52
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Block 08 28:25Running 8 9:27v median +3:14
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.