The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:17 at Berlin 2026 put Frieder Rückert 541st of 686 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 49% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:22 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 2:44 faster at Berlin 2026 than at Frankfurt 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:27Running 1 3:03v median −0:26
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 3:28v median −0:17
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 3:49v median −0:11
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Block 04 8:49Running 4 3:53v median −0:05
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Block 05 8:57Running 5 4:07v median +0:00
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 4:17v median +0:15
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Block 07 13:56Running 7 4:19v median +0:15
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Block 08 16:33Running 8 6:39v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:41
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.