The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Becky Gerlach & Dennis Schäffer at Berlin 2026: 1:05:45, 85th of 953 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:20 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:20 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 11:02, was faster than 92% 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 7:23Running 1 3:16v median −0:39
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Block 02 5:36Running 2 3:25v median −0:48
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Block 03 6:42Running 3 3:36v median −0:47
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Block 04 6:27Running 4 3:40v median −0:46
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Block 05 8:17Running 5 3:43v median −0:48
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Block 06 5:14Running 6 3:43v median −0:46
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Block 07 6:21Running 7 3:43v median −0:50
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Block 08 8:50Running 8 5:07v median −1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:02
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.