The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:09 at Berlin 2026 put Cristian Bellucci 512th of 993 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 62% of the field across all eight, against 38% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:30 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:33 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:53Running 1 3:21v median −0:07
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Block 02 6:45Running 2 3:59v median +0:11
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Block 03 10:08Running 3 4:48v median +0:46
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Block 04 9:49Running 4 4:17v median +0:12
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 4:23v median +0:11
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 4:15v median +0:05
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Block 07 8:13Running 7 4:20v median +0:07
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Block 08 13:52Running 8 7:15v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:32
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.