The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sebastian Merten & Niklas Möckel finished in the top 10% of the field at Berlin 2026, in 58:33 for 16th of 699 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:59 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:52 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 9:42, was faster than 98% of the field.
Berlin gave the field time back: about 0:27 faster than the average race this season, by 1,323 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:46Running 1 2:58v median −0:42
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Block 02 4:55Running 2 3:04v median −0:54
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Block 03 5:39Running 3 3:07v median −1:06
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Block 04 5:49Running 4 3:06v median −1:08
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Block 05 7:23Running 5 3:10v median −1:09
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Block 06 4:50Running 6 3:10v median −1:05
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Block 07 5:48Running 7 3:11v median −1:05
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Block 08 7:49Running 8 4:20v median −1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:42
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 698
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 698 men's teams who finished.