The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2026, Claudia Engel & Romy Dörpholz crossed the line in 1:28:19: 357th of 847 women's teams, faster than 58% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 80% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:13 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 0:47 more than the average race this season, going by 1,436 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 9:33Running 1 4:06v median −0:13
-
Block 02 6:12Running 2 4:07v median −0:33
-
Block 03 8:57Running 3 4:24v median −0:28
-
Block 04 9:22Running 4 4:19v median −0:42
-
Block 05 10:42Running 5 4:26v median −0:43
-
Block 06 6:15Running 6 4:23v median −0:45
-
Block 07 9:32Running 7 4:21v median −0:54
-
Block 08 11:44Running 8 6:26v median −0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:10
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 845
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 845 women's teams who finished.