The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Ecke finished 256th of 325 men in the Open division at Hannover 2020, in 1:44:34.
Legs and stations told different stories: 47% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 3:28. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:25 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Hannover cost the whole field time: about 1:43 more than the average race this season, going by 172 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:00Running 1 5:25v median −0:09
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 4:54v median −0:12
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Block 03 14:22Running 3 5:26v median −0:18
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Block 04 15:05Running 4 5:51v median +0:05
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Block 05 11:36Running 5 6:08v median +0:17
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Block 06 9:05Running 6 6:00v median +0:17
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Block 07 12:42Running 7 6:09v median +0:29
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Block 08 14:28Running 8 5:52v median +0:29
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 312
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 312 men who finished.