The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shradha Balachandran finished 726th of 889 women in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:55:22.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 2:08 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:27 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 1:57 more than the average race this season, going by 1,345 athletes who raced both. 9:40 slower than at Vienna 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:16Running 1 4:16v median +0:19
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Block 02 10:18Running 2 5:01v median +0:38
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Block 03 12:24Running 3 5:18v median +0:42
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Block 04 13:29Running 4 5:24v median +0:37
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Block 05 11:42Running 5 5:46v median +0:51
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 5:23v median +0:32
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Block 07 12:15Running 7 5:19v median +0:24
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Block 08 16:46Running 8 7:50v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:53
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 887
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 887 women who finished.