The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Katja Fechtner finished 253rd of 356 women in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:45:52.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:05 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:35 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 1:57 more than the average race this season, going by 1,345 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:04Running 1 3:54v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 4:16v median −0:09
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 4:18v median −0:19
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Block 04 16:00Running 4 4:48v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:05v median +0:16
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 4:40v median −0:03
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Block 07 12:12Running 7 4:34v median −0:12
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Block 08 13:30Running 8 7:05v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 20:11
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 353
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 353 women who finished.