The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:07:44 at Berlin 2026 put Memduh Balaban 1,062nd of 1,097 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:30. The race faded late: the second half went 10:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 20:48, behind 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:15Running 1 4:33v median +1:02
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Block 02 10:24Running 2 5:00v median +1:10
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Block 03 12:08Running 3 5:42v median +1:37
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Block 04 12:50Running 4 5:44v median +1:38
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Block 05 12:17Running 5 6:15v median +2:01
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 5:36v median +1:27
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Block 07 15:03Running 7 5:50v median +1:37
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Block 08 25:35Running 8 10:11v median +4:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 20:48
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.