The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sven Schulte finished 786th of 993 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:41:56.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 17% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 19:00 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
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 8:45Running 1 3:56v median +0:28
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 4:29v median +0:41
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Block 03 9:05Running 3 4:39v median +0:37
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 4:54v median +0:49
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:16v median +1:04
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 5:23v median +1:13
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Block 07 12:25Running 7 5:28v median +1:15
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Block 08 15:16Running 8 7:39v median +1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:00
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.