The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fred Grothe finished 519th of 704 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:37:06.
On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:38. The race faded late: the second half went 1:29 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 3:28 off the time at Hamburg 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:04Running 1 4:09v median +0:41
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 4:26v median +0:39
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 4:23v median +0:20
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Block 04 11:43Running 4 4:31v median +0:27
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 4:33v median +0:22
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 4:40v median +0:32
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Block 07 11:21Running 7 4:47v median +0:39
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Block 08 15:26Running 8 6:47v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:31
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.