The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matty Friedl finished 1,125th of 1,851 men in the Open division at Berlin 2025, in 1:23:54.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:02 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Berlin gave the field time back: about 3:21 faster than the average race this season, by 1,897 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:16Running 1 3:30v median −0:04
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 4:06v median −0:05
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Block 03 8:26Running 3 4:33v median +0:06
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Block 04 10:54Running 4 4:50v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 5:23v median +0:45
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Block 06 6:49Running 6 4:41v median +0:09
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Block 07 10:56Running 7 4:48v median +0:14
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Block 08 13:19Running 8 6:39v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.