The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Tooke finished 521st of 993 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:28:25.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 33% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:27. The race faded late: the second half went 2:53 worse 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 7:34Running 1 3:11v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 3:36v median −0:12
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Block 03 8:56Running 3 3:50v median −0:12
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Block 04 10:05Running 4 3:53v median −0:12
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Block 05 9:15Running 5 4:16v median +0:04
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Block 06 7:03Running 6 4:10v median +0:00
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 4:16v median +0:03
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Block 08 14:37Running 8 6:22v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:41
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.