The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steffen Schramm finished 459th of 686 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:30:45.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:57. The race faded late: the second half went 5:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 0:42 more than the average race this season, going by 2,286 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:27Running 1 3:13v median −0:16
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 3:40v median −0:05
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Block 03 7:50Running 3 3:55v median −0:05
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Block 04 11:27Running 4 3:55v median −0:03
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Block 05 8:58Running 5 4:06v median −0:01
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Block 06 6:06Running 6 4:01v median −0:01
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 4:10v median +0:06
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Block 08 14:35Running 8 6:33v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:30
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.