The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:24:51 at Berlin 2026 put Ruth Kerßenfischer 866th of 889 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 7:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 23:47 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
The field ran 1:07 slower at Berlin 2026 than at Cologne 2026, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:33Running 1 5:01v median +1:04
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Block 02 8:51Running 2 5:22v median +0:59
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Block 03 13:26Running 3 5:47v median +1:11
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Block 04 20:42Running 4 5:54v median +1:07
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Block 05 13:47Running 5 7:22v median +2:27
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Block 06 10:58Running 6 7:05v median +2:14
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Block 07 16:24Running 7 8:01v median +3:06
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Block 08 26:30Running 8 12:37v median +5:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 23:47
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.