The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Botting finished 1,734th of 1,851 men in the Open division at Berlin 2025, in 1:45:54.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:58. A harder second half: 4:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:09 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 Richard Botting.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:51Running 1 4:30v median +0:56
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Block 02 8:18Running 2 5:12v median +1:01
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Block 03 11:33Running 3 5:19v median +0:52
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Block 04 15:00Running 4 5:27v median +0:57
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 5:31v median +0:53
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:26v median +0:54
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Block 07 15:27Running 7 5:23v median +0:49
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Block 08 16:59Running 8 7:36v median +1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:09
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.