The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:28 at Berlin 2026 put Kiarash Alizadeh Saghati 416th of 686 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 52% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 28% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:36. A harder second half: 4:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 0:42 more than the average race this season, going by 2,286 athletes who raced both. Kiarash Alizadeh Saghati's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:54Running 1 3:17v median −0:12
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Block 02 7:14Running 2 3:51v median +0:06
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 4:24v median +0:24
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Block 04 9:12Running 4 4:03v median +0:05
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Block 05 9:03Running 5 4:10v median +0:03
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Block 06 6:51Running 6 3:59v median −0:03
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Block 07 12:50Running 7 3:59v median −0:05
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Block 08 13:06Running 8 5:31v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:26
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.