The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Christodoulides finished 689th of 704 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 2:16:21.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:39 behind the median. A harder second half: 9:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 20:04 in the roxzone was slower than 93% 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. 2:00 slower than at London Olympia 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:24Running 1 5:29v median +2:01
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Block 02 11:26Running 2 5:48v median +2:01
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Block 03 12:18Running 3 6:01v median +1:58
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Block 04 15:57Running 4 6:08v median +2:04
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Block 05 12:23Running 5 6:25v median +2:14
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Block 06 9:30Running 6 6:18v median +2:10
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Block 07 17:54Running 7 6:37v median +2:29
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Block 08 25:31Running 8 9:44v median +3:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 20:04
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.