The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ahmed Saleh finished 681st of 704 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 2:06:33.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 7:45 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 19:14 in the roxzone was slower than 91% 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. 1:13 slower than at London Excel 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:13Running 1 4:12v median +0:44
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Block 02 10:23Running 2 4:47v median +1:00
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Block 03 13:59Running 3 5:16v median +1:13
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Block 04 13:33Running 4 5:46v median +1:42
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 5:52v median +1:41
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Block 06 9:30Running 6 6:00v median +1:52
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Block 07 14:54Running 7 6:19v median +2:11
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Block 08 24:22Running 8 9:29v median +3:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:14
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.