The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maximilian Kanitz finished 553rd of 993 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:29:30.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:46. A harder second half: 3:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 7:53Running 1 3:29v median +0:01
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 3:37v median −0:11
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Block 03 8:29Running 3 3:50v median −0:12
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Block 04 9:44Running 4 3:44v median −0:21
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Block 05 8:54Running 5 4:08v median −0:04
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Block 06 6:08Running 6 3:56v median −0:14
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Block 07 10:08Running 7 3:50v median −0:23
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Block 08 16:52Running 8 5:57v median −0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:50
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.