The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christopher Valenta & Sophie Bär finished 323rd of 960 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:18:50, faster than 66% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 74% of the field beaten on the runs, 44% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:53 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:52Running 1 3:36v median −0:21
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Block 02 5:48Running 2 3:42v median −0:32
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Block 03 7:42Running 3 3:58v median −0:29
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Block 04 8:10Running 4 3:59v median −0:33
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Block 05 9:07Running 5 4:00v median −0:42
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Block 06 6:26Running 6 4:10v median −0:30
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 4:24v median −0:22
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Block 08 10:56Running 8 6:40v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:26
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.