The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexander Schwarz finished 1,159th of 1,182 men in the Open division at Cologne 2025, in 2:11:31.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:45 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:17 behind the median. A harder second half: 13:17 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. Alexander Schwarz's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:16Running 1 5:23v median +0:33
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Block 02 10:44Running 2 6:24v median +1:45
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Block 03 13:15Running 3 6:48v median +1:50
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Block 04 17:54Running 4 8:09v median +3:08
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Block 05 13:03Running 5 7:26v median +2:18
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Block 06 10:34Running 6 7:29v median +2:26
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Block 07 12:49Running 7 8:26v median +3:20
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Block 08 28:53Running 8 12:34v median +6:20
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.