The race, in three figures
The race, in words
André Seltmann finished 538th of 704 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:38:50.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 16% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 3:53. Paced to finish: the second half went 6:21 better 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. 3:54 slower than at Leipzig 2019, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:15Running 1 3:36v median +0:08
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 4:12v median +0:25
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Block 03 9:44Running 3 5:08v median +1:05
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Block 04 14:37Running 4 5:10v median +1:06
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:26v median +1:15
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:12v median +1:04
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Block 07 9:45Running 7 4:55v median +0:47
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Block 08 12:49Running 8 7:00v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:12
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.