The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tobias Funke finished in the top 10% of the field at Essen 2019, in 1:11:08 for 16th of 219 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 75% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:52, was faster than 98% of the field.
Essen gave the field time back: about 4:19 faster than the average race this season, by 102 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:42Running 1 3:15v median −0:47
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Block 02 5:31Running 2 4:03v median −1:06
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Block 03 8:52Running 3 4:40v median −1:05
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Block 04 9:22Running 4 4:46v median −1:00
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 4:49v median −1:07
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Block 06 6:28Running 6 4:10v median −1:36
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Block 07 7:50Running 7 4:22v median −1:23
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Block 08 11:26Running 8 4:26v median −1:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 214
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 214 men who finished.