The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sascha Schwensen finished 990th of 993 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 2:42:53.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 12:40. The race faded late: the second half went 4:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 24:19 in the roxzone was slower than 97% 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
-
Block 01 9:25Running 1 4:11v median +0:43
-
Block 02 13:52Running 2 5:51v median +2:03
-
Block 03 16:41Running 3 7:42v median +3:40
-
Block 04 23:54Running 4 7:17v median +3:12
-
Block 05 12:25Running 5 7:05v median +2:53
-
Block 06 9:33Running 6 6:56v median +2:46
-
Block 07 21:07Running 7 6:59v median +2:46
-
Block 08 31:47Running 8 11:58v median +5:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 24:19
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.