The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:55:47 at Berlin 2026 put Melissa Luettschwager 212th of 230 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:03 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:39 better against the middle of the field than the first. 26:08 in the roxzone was slower than 98% of the field.
The field ran 1:49 slower at Berlin 2026 than at Hamburg 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:22Running 1 4:04v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 4:40v median +0:28
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Block 03 11:51Running 3 5:01v median +0:37
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Block 04 12:34Running 4 5:26v median +0:56
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Block 05 11:54Running 5 5:50v median +1:13
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:18v median +0:43
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Block 07 12:25Running 7 5:21v median +0:45
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Block 08 15:43Running 8 7:30v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 26:08
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 230
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 230 women who finished.