The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Kalinna finished 966th of 993 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 2:18:03.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:52 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 32:40 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 9:43Running 1 4:33v median +1:05
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Block 02 10:28Running 2 5:24v median +1:36
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Block 03 11:55Running 3 5:46v median +1:44
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Block 04 11:53Running 4 6:08v median +2:03
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Block 05 12:23Running 5 6:44v median +2:32
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Block 06 8:43Running 6 6:07v median +1:57
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Block 07 17:50Running 7 6:35v median +2:22
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Block 08 22:37Running 8 11:55v median +5:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 32:40
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.