The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2026, Reinout Schalkwijk & Isabelle Schalkwijk crossed the line in 1:21:47: 403rd of 960 mixed teams, faster than 58% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 67% of the field beaten on the runs, 34% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:45. A harder second half: 1:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:35Running 1 3:23v median −0:34
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 3:51v median −0:23
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Block 03 8:17Running 3 4:11v median −0:16
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Block 04 8:04Running 4 4:08v median −0:24
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Block 05 8:47Running 5 4:19v median −0:23
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 4:15v median −0:25
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Block 07 9:26Running 7 4:26v median −0:20
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Block 08 12:06Running 8 6:56v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:11
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.