The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maik Papiernick finished 844th of 993 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:47:32.
Legs and stations told different stories: 30% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:53 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Berlin. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:42.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:05Running 1 3:43v median +0:15
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Block 02 8:35Running 2 4:00v median +0:12
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Block 03 9:57Running 3 4:31v median +0:29
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Block 04 12:56Running 4 4:26v median +0:21
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:35v median +0:23
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Block 06 8:43Running 6 4:45v median +0:35
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Block 07 13:51Running 7 4:29v median +0:16
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Block 08 20:34Running 8 7:32v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:22
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.