The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jonathan Mercer finished 873rd of 1,097 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:41:44.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:06 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:11 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Berlin. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:42.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 3:48v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 4:31v median +0:41
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 5:27v median +1:22
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Block 04 12:59Running 4 5:06v median +1:00
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:01v median +0:47
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 5:16v median +1:07
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 4:58v median +0:45
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Block 08 15:16Running 8 6:48v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:39
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.