The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Alexander Giozis at Hamburg 2024: 1:08:57, 86th of 1,248 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 60% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 3:30 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:39, was faster than 95% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Hamburg gained about 1:42. 2:14 slower than at Karlsruhe 2023, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:49Running 1 3:39v median −1:08
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Block 02 5:24Running 2 3:21v median −1:27
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Block 03 7:28Running 3 3:28v median −1:40
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 3:37v median −1:33
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Block 05 8:11Running 5 3:47v median −1:31
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Block 06 5:25Running 6 3:45v median −1:28
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Block 07 8:47Running 7 3:42v median −1:31
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Block 08 9:52Running 8 4:01v median −1:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:39
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1215
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,215 men who finished.