The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Friese finished 169th of 219 men in the Open division at Essen 2019, in 1:39:21.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:58. The race faded late: the second half went 7:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Essen ran fast: the 102 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 4:19 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:58Running 1 4:35v median +0:33
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 5:27v median +0:18
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Block 03 11:33Running 3 5:37v median −0:08
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Block 04 13:21Running 4 5:42v median −0:04
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 5:59v median +0:03
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 6:01v median +0:15
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Block 07 15:33Running 7 6:07v median +0:22
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Block 08 15:14Running 8 6:42v median +0:28
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.