The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin Helmke finished 853rd of 1,097 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:40:51.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:25 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Berlin. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:42. 1:34 slower than at Copenhagen 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:30Running 1 3:39v median +0:08
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 3:57v median +0:07
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Block 03 8:40Running 3 4:15v median +0:10
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 4:23v median +0:17
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 4:41v median +0:27
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 4:39v median +0:30
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Block 07 13:25Running 7 4:48v median +0:35
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Block 08 18:33Running 8 8:14v median +2:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:34
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.