The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Paul took 2nd of 151 in the 40–44 age group at Berlin 2026, in 1:06:35.
The burpee broad jumps were the standout, 2:00 quicker than the median and 95th of 1,097. The race faded late: the second half went 1:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 10:03, was faster than 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. That was 0:49 off the time at Stockholm 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:02Running 1 2:49v median −0:42
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Block 02 5:35Running 2 2:55v median −0:55
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Block 03 6:10Running 3 3:04v median −1:01
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Block 04 6:54Running 4 3:07v median −0:59
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Block 05 7:57Running 5 3:23v median −0:51
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Block 06 5:01Running 6 3:11v median −0:58
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Block 07 7:17Running 7 3:19v median −0:54
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Block 08 10:44Running 8 4:37v median −1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:03
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1093
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,093 men who finished.