The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:18 at Berlin 2026 put David Peng 643rd of 993 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 54% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 3:00 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:38 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. That was 3:26 off the time at London Excel 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:56Running 1 3:14v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 3:36v median −0:12
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Block 03 11:57Running 3 4:22v median +0:20
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Block 04 12:49Running 4 4:31v median +0:26
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Block 05 8:42Running 5 3:54v median −0:18
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 4:13v median +0:03
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Block 07 10:49Running 7 4:10v median −0:03
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Block 08 13:02Running 8 5:51v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:20
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.