The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marcel Pütz finished 678th of 704 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 2:03:47.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:04 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:38 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 21:41 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 0:42 more than the average race this season, going by 2,286 athletes who raced both. That was 2:45 off the time at Cologne 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:24Running 1 4:53v median +1:25
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Block 02 9:40Running 2 5:18v median +1:31
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 5:40v median +1:37
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Block 04 15:17Running 4 5:32v median +1:28
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:54v median +1:43
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Block 06 9:29Running 6 6:03v median +1:55
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Block 07 16:58Running 7 6:39v median +2:31
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Block 08 20:12Running 8 9:46v median +3:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 21:41
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.