The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:39 at Berlin 2026 put James Owen 547th of 704 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 4:06 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:46 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
-
Block 01 8:08Running 1 3:10v median −0:18
-
Block 02 8:25Running 2 3:49v median +0:02
-
Block 03 10:02Running 3 4:26v median +0:23
-
Block 04 11:39Running 4 4:01v median −0:03
-
Block 05 9:20Running 5 4:23v median +0:12
-
Block 06 6:05Running 6 4:12v median +0:04
-
Block 07 12:57Running 7 4:23v median +0:15
-
Block 08 17:57Running 8 6:43v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:14
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.