The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Berlin 2025, Sam Melville crossed the line in 1:07:31: 198th of 1,851 men, faster than 89% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 96% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 67% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:03 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 6:11, was faster than 98% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Berlin gained about 3:21. The fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division for Sam Melville.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 2:54v median −0:40
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 3:21v median −0:50
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Block 03 7:27Running 3 3:38v median −0:49
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Block 04 6:52Running 4 3:32v median −0:58
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Block 05 8:56Running 5 3:41v median −0:57
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Block 06 5:22Running 6 3:28v median −1:04
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Block 07 7:47Running 7 3:35v median −0:59
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Block 08 11:19Running 8 4:39v median −1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:11
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1823
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,823 men who finished.