The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Alexander Busch at Berlin 2026: 1:09:56, 78th of 993 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:37 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:54 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 11:27, was faster than 87% of the field.
The field ran 1:04 faster at Berlin 2026 than at Cologne 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:28Running 1 3:13v median −0:15
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Block 02 6:08Running 2 3:23v median −0:25
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Block 03 6:49Running 3 3:35v median −0:27
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Block 04 7:11Running 4 3:28v median −0:37
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Block 05 8:04Running 5 3:40v median −0:32
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Block 06 5:29Running 6 3:36v median −0:34
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Block 07 7:29Running 7 3:46v median −0:27
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Block 08 9:59Running 8 5:27v median −0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:27
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 988
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 988 men who finished.