The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:11:56 at Berlin 2026 put Spyros Makris 686th of 704 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:50 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 27:30, behind 99% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:01Running 1 5:38v median +2:10
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Block 02 9:42Running 2 6:18v median +2:31
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Block 03 12:53Running 3 6:50v median +2:47
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Block 04 11:48Running 4 6:38v median +2:34
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Block 05 13:59Running 5 7:16v median +3:05
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Block 06 10:18Running 6 7:09v median +3:01
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Block 07 14:56Running 7 6:51v median +2:43
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Block 08 19:56Running 8 10:34v median +4:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 27:30
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.