The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Omari Simpson finished 402nd of 704 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:28:51.
The stations carried this race: faster than 64% of the field across all eight, against 27% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:23 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 3:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Berlin ran slow: the 2,286 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:42 slower here than at their other races. 1:42 slower than at Barcelona 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:42Running 1 3:21v median −0:07
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 3:57v median +0:10
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Block 03 8:32Running 3 4:16v median +0:13
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Block 04 8:34Running 4 4:23v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 4:53v median +0:42
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 4:54v median +0:46
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Block 07 10:10Running 7 5:24v median +1:16
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Block 08 13:34Running 8 6:49v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:37
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.