The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christopher Smaldone finished 645th of 686 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:54:49.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 22:31, behind 97% of the field.
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 9:31Running 1 4:04v median +0:35
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Block 02 8:37Running 2 4:37v median +0:52
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 5:24v median +1:24
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Block 04 8:59Running 4 5:21v median +1:23
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 5:37v median +1:30
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Block 06 8:52Running 6 6:14v median +2:12
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Block 07 13:06Running 7 6:25v median +2:21
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Block 08 21:30Running 8 10:07v median +4:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 22:31
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.