The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Schmitz finished 159th of 189 men in the Open division at Essen 2022, in 1:42:45.
A station race more than a running one: 47% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. A harder second half: 8:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:48, behind 95% of the field.
That was 21:43 off the time at Essen 2019.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 4:31v median −0:08
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Block 02 8:42Running 2 5:06v median +0:08
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 5:55v median +0:24
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Block 04 13:41Running 4 6:03v median +0:35
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Block 05 11:13Running 5 6:30v median +0:52
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Block 06 10:19Running 6 7:56v median +2:23
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Block 07 14:11Running 7 8:36v median +3:15
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Block 08 14:25Running 8 9:48v median +3:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 185
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 185 men who finished.