The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Gibbons finished 217th of 277 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:39:39.
The wall balls cost the most time: 4:22 slower than the median. A harder second half: 8:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Berlin ran slow: the 2,286 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:42 slower here than at their other races. 7:04 slower than at Manchester 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:19Running 1 3:43v median +0:14
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 3:58v median +0:10
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Block 03 9:11Running 3 4:14v median +0:12
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Block 04 10:58Running 4 4:22v median +0:19
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Block 05 9:36Running 5 4:31v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 4:43v median +0:35
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Block 07 12:37Running 7 4:50v median +0:40
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Block 08 19:30Running 8 8:05v median +2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:34
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.