The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:18 at Berlin 2026 put Michael Büttner 536th of 704 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:06 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:01 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. 1:41 slower than at Paris GP 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:51Running 1 4:04v median +0:36
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 4:25v median +0:38
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Block 03 9:16Running 3 4:23v median +0:20
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Block 04 11:56Running 4 4:30v median +0:26
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:22v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 4:22v median +0:14
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Block 07 11:47Running 7 4:26v median +0:18
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Block 08 14:55Running 8 7:01v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:20
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.