The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luc Van Gils finished 528th of 704 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:37:34.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 16% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:42 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:13 better against the middle of the field 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 9:06Running 1 4:07v median +0:39
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 4:26v median +0:39
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 4:51v median +0:48
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Block 04 11:17Running 4 5:01v median +0:57
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 4:58v median +0:47
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 5:03v median +0:55
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Block 07 9:56Running 7 4:58v median +0:50
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Block 08 15:07Running 8 7:23v median +1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:56
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.