The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:01 at Berlin 2026 put Steven Hill on the age-group podium: 3rd of 21 in the 55–59 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:53 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the farmers carry, 0:56 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:38 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 0:42 more than the average race this season, going by 2,286 athletes who raced both. That was 0:45 off the time at London Excel 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 3:38v median +0:10
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 3:39v median −0:08
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Block 03 7:58Running 3 3:40v median −0:23
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Block 04 8:28Running 4 3:47v median −0:17
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Block 05 8:50Running 5 3:52v median −0:19
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Block 06 7:02Running 6 3:49v median −0:19
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Block 07 9:56Running 7 4:08v median +0:00
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Block 08 13:20Running 8 5:42v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:17
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.