The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Lilu Förster & Filip Nikolic at Berlin 2026: 1:05:04, 72nd of 953 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the SkiErg: 0:34 on the median. A harder second half: 1:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 10:49, was faster than 93% of the field.
Berlin ran slow: the 1,748 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:28Running 1 2:45v median −1:10
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Block 02 5:22Running 2 3:12v median −1:01
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Block 03 6:27Running 3 3:35v median −0:48
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Block 04 6:28Running 4 3:24v median −1:02
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Block 05 8:08Running 5 3:31v median −1:00
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Block 06 5:13Running 6 3:31v median −0:58
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Block 07 7:05Running 7 3:31v median −1:02
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Block 08 9:14Running 8 5:00v median −1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:49
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 950
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 950 mixed teams who finished.