The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rory Billing finished in the top 10% of the field at Berlin 2026, in 1:12:01 for 100th of 993 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:00 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:17 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 11:09, was faster than 90% of the field.
This was a slow day in Berlin. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:42. 2:23 slower than at Chicago 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 3:04v median −0:24
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Block 02 5:35Running 2 3:12v median −0:36
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Block 03 8:05Running 3 3:24v median −0:38
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Block 04 7:53Running 4 3:27v median −0:38
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Block 05 8:05Running 5 3:26v median −0:46
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Block 06 5:23Running 6 3:23v median −0:47
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Block 07 6:53Running 7 3:30v median −0:43
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 4:45v median −1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:09
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.