The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Daniel Muthig finished 522nd of 704 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:37:09.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:58. A harder second half: 1:38 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:05Running 1 3:29v median +0:01
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 3:39v median −0:08
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Block 03 9:26Running 3 4:00v median −0:03
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Block 04 12:29Running 4 3:54v median −0:10
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:07v median −0:04
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Block 06 6:20Running 6 3:58v median −0:10
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Block 07 13:20Running 7 4:07v median −0:01
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Block 08 14:52Running 8 6:27v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:05
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.