The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:04:20 at Berlin 2026 put Katja Liebmann 801st of 889 women in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:47 slower than the median. A harder second half: 6:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 21:13 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 1:57 more than the average race this season, going by 1,345 athletes who raced both. 10:48 slower than at Barcelona 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:40Running 1 4:33v median +0:36
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 5:13v median +0:50
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 5:31v median +0:55
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Block 04 16:29Running 4 5:54v median +1:07
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Block 05 11:47Running 5 6:00v median +1:05
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 5:58v median +1:07
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Block 07 16:24Running 7 6:12v median +1:17
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Block 08 20:09Running 8 10:58v median +3:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 21:13
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.