The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kenneth Mortensen finished 771st of 1,103 men in the Open division at Hamburg 2026, in 1:36:31.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:38 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 2:49 faster at Hamburg 2026 than at Copenhagen 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:00Running 1 4:33v median −0:03
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 4:56v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 5:13v median −0:15
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Block 04 12:59Running 4 5:30v median +0:01
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Block 05 10:54Running 5 5:46v median +0:02
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Block 06 8:43Running 6 5:39v median +0:03
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Block 07 13:46Running 7 5:41v median +0:05
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Block 08 14:44Running 8 5:21v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 550
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 550 men who finished.