The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:52:16 at Berlin 2026 put Stephen Nolan 1,002nd of 1,097 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:10 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:15 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 20:44 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 0:42 more than the average race this season, going by 2,286 athletes who raced both. 23:21 slower than at London Olympia 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 4:37v median +1:06
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 5:14v median +1:24
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Block 03 9:50Running 3 5:39v median +1:34
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Block 04 14:24Running 4 5:48v median +1:42
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:16v median +1:02
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:26v median +1:17
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Block 07 14:01Running 7 5:31v median +1:18
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Block 08 17:09Running 8 9:09v median +3:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 20:44
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.