The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin Riesch finished 968th of 1,097 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:49:31.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:51. A harder second half: 4:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 1:35 slower at Berlin 2026 than at Mechelen 2026, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:06Running 1 4:18v median +0:47
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Block 02 9:01Running 2 4:51v median +1:01
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Block 03 10:28Running 3 5:04v median +0:59
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Block 04 13:21Running 4 5:10v median +1:04
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:06v median +0:52
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 5:09v median +1:00
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Block 07 14:37Running 7 5:26v median +1:13
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Block 08 17:17Running 8 8:08v median +2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:42
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.