The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:04 at Berlin 2026 put Rainer Petzina 584th of 1,097 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:18 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:05 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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. 1:33 faster than at Cologne 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:18Running 1 3:34v median +0:03
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 3:52v median +0:02
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Block 03 8:07Running 3 4:04v median −0:01
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Block 04 9:37Running 4 4:11v median +0:05
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Block 05 9:10Running 5 4:20v median +0:06
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 4:09v median +0:00
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Block 07 10:51Running 7 4:13v median +0:00
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Block 08 13:20Running 8 6:03v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:32
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.