The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:02 at Berlin 2026 put Vahdet Akkaya & Louis Herfurth 192nd of 233 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. A harder second half: 4:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 16:10 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
Berlin gave the field time back: about 0:27 faster than the average race this season, by 1,323 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:30Running 1 3:40v median +0:13
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Block 02 6:12Running 2 4:30v median +0:47
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Block 03 7:44Running 3 4:49v median +0:54
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Block 04 7:10Running 4 4:48v median +0:54
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 5:07v median +1:03
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Block 06 7:05Running 6 5:17v median +1:15
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Block 07 9:18Running 7 5:10v median +1:08
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Block 08 11:38Running 8 7:29v median +1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 233
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 233 men's teams who finished.