The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sven Ruhl finished 434th of 704 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:30:32.
The runs carried this race: faster than 50% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 29% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:17. A harder second half: 4:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 0:42 more than the average race this season, going by 2,286 athletes who raced both. 3:35 faster than at Amsterdam 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:04Running 1 3:25v median −0:03
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 3:49v median +0:02
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Block 03 8:35Running 3 4:03v median +0:00
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Block 04 9:36Running 4 4:05v median +0:01
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Block 05 9:15Running 5 4:11v median +0:00
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 4:07v median −0:01
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Block 07 9:19Running 7 4:09v median +0:01
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Block 08 17:33Running 8 6:08v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:37
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.