The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jose Salas finished 701st of 704 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 2:39:11.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:42 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 34:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 25:58, behind 98% of the field.
Berlin ran slow: the 2,286 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:58Running 1 4:03v median +0:35
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 4:59v median +1:12
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Block 03 11:35Running 3 5:16v median +1:13
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Block 04 18:06Running 4 8:24v median +4:20
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Block 05 20:50Running 5 14:35v median +10:24
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Block 06 8:52Running 6 6:46v median +2:38
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Block 07 27:04Running 7 15:07v median +10:59
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Block 08 29:19Running 8 18:47v median +12:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 25:58
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.