The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steffen Sauer finished 588th of 953 men in the Open division at Berlin 2024, in 1:23:05.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 27% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:31. A harder second half: 2:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Berlin gained about 7:24. 23:01 faster than at Leipzig 2019, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:14Running 1 3:52v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 5:36v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:35Running 3 6:08v median +0:06
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Block 04 11:53Running 4 6:23v median +0:10
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 6:08v median −0:05
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 6:17v median −0:01
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Block 07 11:27Running 7 6:04v median −0:02
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Block 08 12:52Running 8 5:46v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:24
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 947
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 947 men who finished.