The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Berlin 2026, Brandon Best Blake crossed the line in 1:11:46: 100th of 704 men, faster than 86% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:26 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 5:25 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 10:27, was faster than 94% 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 7:23Running 1 3:03v median −0:25
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Block 02 6:03Running 2 3:11v median −0:36
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 3:15v median −0:48
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Block 04 7:57Running 4 3:15v median −0:49
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Block 05 7:59Running 5 3:22v median −0:49
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Block 06 5:32Running 6 3:28v median −0:40
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Block 07 7:48Running 7 3:24v median −0:44
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Block 08 9:20Running 8 4:38v median −1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:27
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.