The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:40 at Hamburg 2026 put Michael Berger on the age-group podium: 2nd of 33 in the 50–54 age group.
Legs and stations told different stories: 84% of the field beaten on the runs, 61% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:02 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 3:00 faster at Hamburg 2026 than at Hamburg 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:28Running 1 4:14v median −0:34
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 4:42v median −0:37
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Block 03 8:38Running 3 4:45v median −0:57
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Block 04 10:26Running 4 4:46v median −0:55
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 4:53v median −1:01
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Block 06 6:50Running 6 4:42v median −1:03
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Block 07 9:49Running 7 4:40v median −1:03
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Block 08 13:10Running 8 4:25v median −1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:03
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 482
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 482 men who finished.