The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tilo Markert finished 549th of 1,097 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:26:07.
Legs and stations told different stories: 68% of the field beaten on the runs, 39% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:00 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:47Running 1 3:21v median −0:10
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Block 02 6:14Running 2 3:34v median −0:16
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Block 03 7:51Running 3 3:48v median −0:17
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 3:51v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:00Running 5 4:02v median −0:12
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Block 06 6:37Running 6 3:55v median −0:14
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 3:55v median −0:18
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Block 08 13:06Running 8 5:42v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:09
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.