The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mehdi Yahia-Meddah finished 498th of 704 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:35:22.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:56. The race faded late: the second half went 1:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Berlin ran slow: the 2,286 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:34Running 1 3:28v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:36Running 2 3:56v median +0:09
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 4:08v median +0:05
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Block 04 10:10Running 4 4:14v median +0:10
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 4:14v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 4:04v median −0:04
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Block 07 10:56Running 7 3:45v median −0:23
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Block 08 14:37Running 8 6:11v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:48
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.