The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gereon Schmitz & Ivo Pietschmann finished 452nd of 461 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cologne 2025, in 1:39:56.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:11 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cologne ran fast: the 636 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:42 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:55Running 1 6:39v median +1:34
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 6:44v median +1:58
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 7:07v median +2:01
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Block 04 12:03Running 4 7:53v median +2:44
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Block 05 12:43Running 5 7:23v median +2:07
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 7:29v median +2:18
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Block 07 12:28Running 7 7:51v median +2:36
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Block 08 13:33Running 8 9:07v median +2:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 460
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 460 men's teams who finished.