The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:22 at Berlin 2025 put Merlin Smeenk 1,395th of 1,851 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 3:35 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:25 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 7:43Running 1 3:25v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 4:05v median −0:06
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Block 03 12:12Running 3 4:20v median −0:07
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Block 04 10:36Running 4 4:10v median −0:20
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 4:55v median +0:17
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Block 06 6:47Running 6 4:45v median +0:13
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Block 07 12:36Running 7 4:53v median +0:19
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Block 08 14:07Running 8 6:36v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
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.