The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:44:51 at Berlin 2026 put Jean Nicola 703rd of 704 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 8:15 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:14 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 25:41, behind 98% 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 47:22 off the time at Malaga 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:00Running 1 5:11v median +1:43
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Block 02 15:16Running 2 5:51v median +2:04
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Block 03 16:39Running 3 6:16v median +2:13
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Block 04 20:25Running 4 6:36v median +2:32
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Block 05 14:09Running 5 7:22v median +3:11
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Block 06 13:16Running 6 7:20v median +3:12
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Block 07 20:19Running 7 8:39v median +4:31
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Block 08 28:13Running 8 13:55v median +7:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 25:41
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.