The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dale Bartolo finished 172nd of 277 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:31:13.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 26% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:45 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:54 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 0:42 more than the average race this season, going by 2,286 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 3:42v median +0:13
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Block 02 7:35Running 2 4:04v median +0:16
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 4:29v median +0:27
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Block 04 10:56Running 4 4:34v median +0:31
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Block 05 9:59Running 5 4:59v median +0:48
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 4:28v median +0:20
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 4:47v median +0:37
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Block 08 13:39Running 8 6:45v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:53
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 276
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 276 men who finished.