The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lucas Friedrich finished 1,067th of 1,097 men in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 2:09:04.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:30 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 23:14 in the roxzone was slower than 97% 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. 3:57 slower than at Katowice 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:56Running 1 4:41v median +1:10
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Block 02 11:52Running 2 6:16v median +2:26
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 6:23v median +2:18
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Block 04 13:28Running 4 5:36v median +1:30
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Block 05 10:49Running 5 5:47v median +1:33
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Block 06 9:35Running 6 5:46v median +1:37
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Block 07 15:36Running 7 5:42v median +1:29
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Block 08 23:46Running 8 10:22v median +4:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 23:14
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.