The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Vahdet Akkaya & Anika Keller finished 467th of 530 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:32:53.
A station race more than a running one: 30% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:13 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 17:18 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 8:43Running 1 4:12v median +0:22
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Block 02 7:46Running 2 4:54v median +0:48
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Block 03 9:03Running 3 5:19v median +1:01
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Block 04 8:27Running 4 5:39v median +1:19
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:50v median +1:24
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:38v median +1:15
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Block 07 9:46Running 7 5:36v median +1:11
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Block 08 13:43Running 8 7:44v median +1:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:18
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 530
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 530 mixed teams who finished.