The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthias Meth finished 724th of 1,097 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:33:16.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:35 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:47 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:39Running 1 4:00v median +0:29
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 4:51v median +1:01
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 4:41v median +0:36
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Block 04 10:44Running 4 4:50v median +0:44
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Block 05 9:26Running 5 4:40v median +0:26
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Block 06 6:34Running 6 4:33v median +0:24
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Block 07 11:24Running 7 4:29v median +0:16
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Block 08 12:48Running 8 6:17v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:18
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.