The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Oliver Creese finished 866th of 993 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:49:58.
The stations carried this race: faster than 30% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. A harder second half: 8:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 20:24 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
Berlin ran slow: the 2,286 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:45Running 1 3:45v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 4:06v median +0:18
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 4:16v median +0:14
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Block 04 13:26Running 4 5:54v median +1:49
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:06v median +0:54
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Block 06 9:44Running 6 7:05v median +2:55
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Block 07 14:12Running 7 7:30v median +3:17
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Block 08 16:10Running 8 8:56v median +2:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 20:24
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.