The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sandra Retzlaff & Katharina Siemer finished 768th of 847 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:48:05.
A station race more than a running one: 36% of the field beaten on the stations, against 8% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 22:53 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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
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Block 01 9:53Running 1 4:50v median +0:31
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Block 02 7:53Running 2 5:39v median +0:59
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 6:01v median +1:09
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Block 04 9:39Running 4 6:18v median +1:17
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Block 05 12:23Running 5 6:49v median +1:40
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 6:06v median +0:58
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Block 07 10:58Running 7 6:43v median +1:28
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Block 08 15:48Running 8 10:02v median +2:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 22:53
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.