The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Kelch finished 712th of 1,097 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:32:14.
Legs and stations told different stories: 54% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:23 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Berlin. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:42.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:09Running 1 3:38v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 4:01v median +0:11
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Block 03 8:30Running 3 4:05v median +0:00
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Block 04 10:13Running 4 4:09v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 4:04v median −0:10
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Block 06 7:02Running 6 4:01v median −0:08
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Block 07 11:52Running 7 4:09v median −0:04
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Block 08 13:14Running 8 5:45v median −0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:56
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.