The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melina Wolf & Lukas Zajons finished in the top 10% of the field at Berlin 2026, in 56:43 for 3rd of 960 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:27 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:24 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 8:31, ahead of 99% of the field.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 0:39 more than the average race this season, going by 1,748 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:15Running 1 2:27v median −1:30
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Block 02 4:27Running 2 2:39v median −1:35
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Block 03 5:44Running 3 2:47v median −1:40
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Block 04 6:02Running 4 2:47v median −1:45
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Block 05 7:12Running 5 2:51v median −1:51
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Block 06 4:10Running 6 2:45v median −1:55
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Block 07 5:35Running 7 2:47v median −1:59
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Block 08 8:57Running 8 3:54v median −2:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 958
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 958 mixed teams who finished.