The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael van Soest finished 962nd of 1,182 men in the Open division at Cologne 2025, in 1:39:25.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:30 on the median. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:51 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:51 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cologne ran fast: the 1,229 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:24 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:28Running 1 5:02v median +0:12
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 5:20v median +0:41
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Block 03 11:43Running 3 6:09v median +1:11
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Block 04 13:07Running 4 5:50v median +0:49
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Block 05 11:13Running 5 6:06v median +0:58
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 6:09v median +1:06
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Block 07 8:35Running 7 5:57v median +0:51
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Block 08 17:05Running 8 8:25v median +2:11
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.