The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:48:42 at Berlin 2026 put Velekiri Nalu 853rd of 993 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 38% of the field across all eight, against 7% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 20:05, behind 90% 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. 4:07 slower than at Cologne 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:05Running 1 4:15v median +0:47
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 5:04v median +1:16
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Block 03 10:04Running 3 5:30v median +1:28
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Block 04 11:17Running 4 5:34v median +1:29
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 5:38v median +1:26
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Block 06 8:38Running 6 5:46v median +1:36
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Block 07 12:57Running 7 6:19v median +2:06
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Block 08 16:23Running 8 9:23v median +3:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 20:05
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.