The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ruediger Sturm finished 268th of 277 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:59:16.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 18:15, behind 93% of the field.
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 9:16Running 1 4:16v median +0:47
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Block 02 9:37Running 2 4:31v median +0:43
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Block 03 11:35Running 3 4:42v median +0:40
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Block 04 15:22Running 4 4:52v median +0:49
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:08v median +0:57
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Block 06 8:43Running 6 4:51v median +0:43
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Block 07 14:45Running 7 5:14v median +1:04
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Block 08 21:20Running 8 8:10v median +2:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:15
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.