The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Olivier Gaestel finished 633rd of 704 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:50:30.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:00. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:37 better against the middle of the field than the first. 24:18 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
This was a slow day in Berlin. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:42. 0:50 faster than at Paris GP 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:29Running 1 4:09v median +0:41
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Block 02 9:24Running 2 4:27v median +0:40
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Block 03 10:25Running 3 4:47v median +0:44
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 4:58v median +0:54
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 5:00v median +0:49
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 4:46v median +0:38
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Block 07 13:01Running 7 4:46v median +0:38
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Block 08 15:15Running 8 6:55v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 24:18
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.