The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Boubaker Ben Chobba finished 570th of 704 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:42:32.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:06. A harder second half: 1:27 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 7:21Running 1 2:55v median −0:33
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Block 02 10:06Running 2 3:37v median −0:10
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Block 03 10:43Running 3 3:56v median −0:07
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Block 04 11:55Running 4 3:45v median −0:19
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Block 05 9:06Running 5 4:08v median −0:03
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Block 06 6:28Running 6 3:57v median −0:11
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Block 07 12:21Running 7 4:09v median +0:01
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Block 08 17:58Running 8 6:44v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:43
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.