The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:20 at Hamburg 2024 put Martin Helmke 809th of 1,248 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:22 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:59 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Hamburg gave the field time back: about 1:42 faster than the average race this season, by 910 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:02Running 1 4:18v median −0:29
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 4:25v median −0:23
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Block 03 9:09Running 3 4:41v median −0:27
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 4:51v median −0:19
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:20v median +0:02
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:04v median −0:09
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Block 07 12:58Running 7 5:15v median +0:02
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Block 08 15:27Running 8 6:54v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:30
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.