The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:41 at Frankfurt 2023 put Stefan Mertens 429th of 843 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 74% of the field across all eight, against 26% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:40 on the median. A harder second half: 2:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Frankfurt ran fast: the 594 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:57 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:06Running 1 4:44v median +0:14
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 5:09v median +0:16
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 5:25v median +0:13
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Block 04 10:38Running 4 5:33v median +0:14
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:53v median +0:25
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:48v median +0:29
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Block 07 13:18Running 7 8:08v median +2:47
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Block 08 11:16Running 8 6:40v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:26
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 840
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 840 men who finished.