The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Micheal Bourke finished in the top 10% of the field at Berlin 2026, in 1:07:46 for 52nd of 704 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:34 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:35 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 10:09, was faster than 96% of the field.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 0:42 more than the average race this season, going by 2,286 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:11Running 1 2:56v median −0:32
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Block 02 5:19Running 2 3:01v median −0:46
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Block 03 6:13Running 3 3:08v median −0:55
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Block 04 8:21Running 4 3:09v median −0:55
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Block 05 7:44Running 5 3:09v median −1:02
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Block 06 4:45Running 6 3:13v median −0:55
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Block 07 6:56Running 7 3:15v median −0:53
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Block 08 11:16Running 8 4:34v median −1:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:09
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 703
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 703 men who finished.