The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Elz & Alexandra Sczepanski finished 840th of 960 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:40:47.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:50. The race faded late: the second half went 4:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 20:53 in the roxzone was slower than 92% 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 8:49Running 1 4:29v median +0:32
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:45v median +0:31
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Block 03 8:46Running 3 4:59v median +0:32
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Block 04 10:32Running 4 5:14v median +0:42
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:21v median +0:39
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:36v median +0:56
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Block 07 11:43Running 7 5:38v median +0:52
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Block 08 14:26Running 8 9:27v median +2:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 20:53
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.