The race, in three figures
The race, in words
TIAN GAO finished 409th of 640 women in the Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:39:18.
A station race more than a running one: 52% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:01 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Berlin ran slow: the 1,345 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:57 slower here than at their other races. 2:17 slower than at New York 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 3:54v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 4:33v median +0:11
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Block 03 10:18Running 3 4:59v median +0:26
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Block 04 10:54Running 4 5:25v median +0:48
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 5:34v median +0:51
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Block 06 7:29Running 6 5:16v median +0:37
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 5:26v median +0:43
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Block 08 15:17Running 8 7:43v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:31
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.