The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Anjali Vargas Santana & Mark Dieter Katona at Berlin 2026: 1:06:21, 38th of 577 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 98% of the field beaten on the runs, 72% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:55 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 11:21, was faster than 94% 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 7:28Running 1 3:05v median −0:50
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Block 02 5:21Running 2 3:16v median −0:59
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Block 03 7:26Running 3 3:22v median −1:06
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Block 04 6:44Running 4 3:25v median −1:08
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Block 05 8:23Running 5 3:28v median −1:10
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Block 06 5:17Running 6 3:23v median −1:14
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Block 07 6:01Running 7 3:19v median −1:21
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Block 08 8:30Running 8 4:37v median −1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:21
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 577
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 577 mixed teams who finished.