The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Donatien Laroche finished 837th of 1,097 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:39:44.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 6:11 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:01 better against the middle of the field 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:49Running 1 3:46v median +0:15
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Block 02 13:45Running 2 4:15v median +0:25
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Block 03 9:40Running 3 4:01v median −0:04
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Block 04 9:52Running 4 4:00v median −0:06
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Block 05 9:30Running 5 4:13v median −0:01
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 4:08v median −0:01
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Block 07 10:33Running 7 4:09v median −0:04
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Block 08 16:48Running 8 5:56v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:52
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.