The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Swen Dipold finished 602nd of 686 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:45:41.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:37 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 18:38, behind 91% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 3:37v median +0:08
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Block 02 7:26Running 2 3:57v median +0:12
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Block 03 10:49Running 3 4:41v median +0:41
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Block 04 13:05Running 4 4:43v median +0:45
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Block 05 9:17Running 5 4:20v median +0:13
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 4:26v median +0:24
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Block 07 14:18Running 7 4:26v median +0:22
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Block 08 16:27Running 8 7:13v median +1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:38
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.