The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Uwe Friederichs finished 885th of 993 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:51:40.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:23. A harder second half: 7:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 22:16 in the roxzone was slower than 95% 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. 4:43 faster than at Cologne 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:17Running 1 3:14v median −0:14
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 3:48v median +0:00
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 4:44v median +0:42
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 4:36v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 4:42v median +0:30
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 5:02v median +0:52
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Block 07 10:43Running 7 5:19v median +1:06
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Block 08 20:34Running 8 8:02v median +1:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 22:16
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.