The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:18:24 at Berlin 2026 put Joerg Schaefer 969th of 993 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 8:19. A harder second half: 18:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 21:48 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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 9:21Running 1 4:15v median +0:47
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Block 02 9:06Running 2 4:54v median +1:06
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Block 03 11:39Running 3 5:24v median +1:22
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Block 04 16:17Running 4 5:35v median +1:30
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Block 05 12:49Running 5 6:36v median +2:24
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Block 06 10:09Running 6 6:40v median +2:30
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Block 07 20:24Running 7 6:42v median +2:29
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Block 08 26:59Running 8 12:13v median +5:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 21:48
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.