The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robin John finished 680th of 686 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 2:20:39.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:51 behind the median. A harder second half: 18:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 31:06, behind 99% 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 9:13Running 1 3:56v median +0:27
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Block 02 10:28Running 2 5:27v median +1:42
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Block 03 13:19Running 3 7:09v median +3:09
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Block 04 14:10Running 4 6:37v median +2:39
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Block 05 13:09Running 5 7:31v median +3:24
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Block 06 12:19Running 6 7:13v median +3:11
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Block 07 20:43Running 7 8:37v median +4:33
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Block 08 16:20Running 8 9:46v median +3:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 31:06
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.