The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco Brüggemann finished 373rd of 1,097 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:20:11, faster than 66% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 78% of the field beaten on the runs, 51% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:42 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:40 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 7:48Running 1 3:20v median −0:11
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 3:26v median −0:24
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Block 03 7:59Running 3 3:35v median −0:30
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Block 04 10:08Running 4 3:39v median −0:27
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Block 05 8:29Running 5 3:46v median −0:28
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Block 06 5:47Running 6 3:44v median −0:25
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Block 07 8:38Running 7 3:39v median −0:34
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Block 08 12:20Running 8 5:26v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:29
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.