The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jac Smith took 2nd of 111 in the 25–29 age group at Berlin 2026, in 1:00:34.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:22 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:02 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 9:55, ahead of 96% 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. That was 0:46 off the time at EMEA London Olympia 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:47Running 1 2:40v median −0:49
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Block 02 5:25Running 2 2:48v median −0:57
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Block 03 5:55Running 3 2:49v median −1:11
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Block 04 6:01Running 4 2:51v median −1:07
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Block 05 7:22Running 5 2:53v median −1:14
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Block 06 4:33Running 6 2:52v median −1:10
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Block 07 5:45Running 7 2:52v median −1:12
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Block 08 8:58Running 8 4:03v median −1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:55
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 684
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 684 men who finished.