The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mathew Smith finished 845th of 1,097 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:40:33.
The wall balls cost the most time: 1:36 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:18 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:45Running 1 3:45v median +0:14
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 4:29v median +0:39
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 4:51v median +0:46
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 5:00v median +0:54
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 4:47v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:19Running 6 4:48v median +0:39
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Block 07 11:22Running 7 4:43v median +0:30
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Block 08 16:29Running 8 7:59v median +1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:10
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.