The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Franziska Schmidbauer finished 136th of 640 women in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:22:51, faster than 79% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 85% of the field beaten on the runs, 61% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:22 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 12:59, was faster than 85% of the field.
Berlin ran slow: the 1,345 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:57 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 3:47v median −0:09
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Block 02 6:33Running 2 3:41v median −0:41
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Block 03 8:12Running 3 3:48v median −0:45
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 3:54v median −0:43
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Block 05 8:47Running 5 3:52v median −0:51
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Block 06 6:22Running 6 3:59v median −0:40
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Block 07 8:52Running 7 4:02v median −0:41
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Block 08 11:34Running 8 5:26v median −1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:59
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 638
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 638 women who finished.