The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:55:50 at Berlin 2026 put Salvatore Vella 1,027th of 1,097 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:41. The race faded late: the second half went 6:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 19:22, behind 91% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 3:35v median +0:04
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Block 02 9:40Running 2 4:32v median +0:42
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Block 03 12:00Running 3 5:57v median +1:52
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Block 04 12:12Running 4 5:32v median +1:26
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Block 05 11:08Running 5 5:56v median +1:42
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Block 06 10:02Running 6 5:55v median +1:46
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Block 07 14:16Running 7 5:15v median +1:02
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Block 08 18:52Running 8 8:40v median +2:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:22
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.