The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rares Timariu took 3rd of 67 in the 45–49 age group at Berlin 2026, in 1:13:14.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:10 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:08 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 0:42 more than the average race this season, going by 2,286 athletes who raced both. 2:12 slower than at Cologne 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:07Running 1 2:50v median −0:38
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 3:21v median −0:27
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Block 03 7:36Running 3 3:37v median −0:25
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Block 04 7:09Running 4 3:40v median −0:25
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Block 05 8:07Running 5 3:37v median −0:35
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Block 06 5:45Running 6 3:49v median −0:21
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Block 07 7:41Running 7 3:39v median −0:34
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Block 08 10:55Running 8 5:06v median −1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:11
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.