The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Laban finished 786th of 1,097 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:36:38.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:50 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:53 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:37Running 1 3:45v median +0:14
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 4:06v median +0:16
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Block 03 10:04Running 3 4:09v median +0:04
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Block 04 10:42Running 4 4:14v median +0:08
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Block 05 9:31Running 5 4:23v median +0:09
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Block 06 6:11Running 6 4:03v median −0:06
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 4:14v median +0:01
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Block 08 17:21Running 8 6:37v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:49
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.