The race, in three figures
The race, in words
56:11 won the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2026 for Ida Mathilde Steensgaard & Alex Kukla, first of 293 mixed teams.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:28 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:38 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 9:04, was faster than 99% of the field.
Berlin ran slow: the 1,748 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:12Running 1 2:34v median −1:22
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Block 02 4:30Running 2 2:52v median −1:22
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Block 03 5:30Running 3 3:07v median −1:18
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Block 04 5:51Running 4 3:08v median −1:22
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Block 05 7:16Running 5 3:10v median −1:26
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Block 06 4:23Running 6 3:00v median −1:36
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Block 07 5:48Running 7 3:04v median −1:37
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Block 08 7:45Running 8 4:10v median −2:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:04
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 293
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 293 mixed teams who finished.