The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexander Merkl finished 499th of 686 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:34:26.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 12% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:35 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Berlin ran slow: the 2,286 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:50Running 1 4:10v median +0:41
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 4:24v median +0:39
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Block 03 8:55Running 3 4:40v median +0:40
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 4:45v median +0:47
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Block 05 9:44Running 5 4:43v median +0:36
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 4:52v median +0:50
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Block 07 10:53Running 7 5:03v median +0:59
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Block 08 14:49Running 8 8:28v median +2:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:14
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.