The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2026, Thibaut Lemaire & Gaëlle Fauvet crossed the line in 1:17:57: 403rd of 953 mixed teams, faster than 58% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 69% of the field beaten on the runs, 30% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 1:35 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:08 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:23Running 1 3:41v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 3:52v median −0:21
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Block 03 7:41Running 3 4:06v median −0:17
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Block 04 8:06Running 4 4:11v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:04Running 5 4:05v median −0:26
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Block 06 6:06Running 6 4:12v median −0:17
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Block 07 7:44Running 7 4:04v median −0:29
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Block 08 9:57Running 8 5:55v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:23
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.