The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexander Behrendt finished 963rd of 993 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 2:16:16.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:56 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 29:14 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
The field ran 2:44 slower at Berlin 2026 than at Berlin 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:35Running 1 4:17v median +0:49
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Block 02 9:58Running 2 5:28v median +1:40
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Block 03 12:11Running 3 5:48v median +1:46
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Block 04 12:15Running 4 6:17v median +2:12
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Block 05 12:34Running 5 6:37v median +2:25
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Block 06 10:28Running 6 6:28v median +2:18
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Block 07 19:04Running 7 6:45v median +2:32
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Block 08 21:04Running 8 10:28v median +4:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 29:14
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.