The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Roman Schmitz finished 719th of 737 men in the Open division at Hamburg 2023, in 2:06:23.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:52 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 14:15 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Hamburg gave the field time back: about 2:07 faster than the average race this season, by 488 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:23Running 1 5:38v median +0:50
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Block 02 10:14Running 2 5:56v median +1:10
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Block 03 13:28Running 3 6:20v median +1:08
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Block 04 16:33Running 4 6:37v median +1:24
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Block 05 12:30Running 5 6:52v median +1:32
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Block 06 11:22Running 6 6:41v median +1:28
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Block 07 17:40Running 7 6:44v median +1:35
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Block 08 20:06Running 8 9:09v median +2:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:15
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 719
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 719 men who finished.