The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:38 at Berlin 2026 put Patrick Marquardt 477th of 993 men in the Open division, ahead of 52% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 40% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:19 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 6:36 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:29Running 1 3:41v median +0:13
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 4:15v median +0:27
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 4:41v median +0:39
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Block 04 10:06Running 4 4:35v median +0:30
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Block 05 9:18Running 5 4:32v median +0:20
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 4:16v median +0:06
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Block 07 8:15Running 7 4:11v median −0:02
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Block 08 11:59Running 8 6:00v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:55
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.