The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:20 at Berlin 2026 put Sophia Spörl & Leon Pflügl 541st of 953 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 71% of the field beaten on the stations, against 31% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:42 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:25 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 8:17Running 1 4:07v median +0:12
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 4:28v median +0:15
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Block 03 7:35Running 3 4:44v median +0:21
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Block 04 8:20Running 4 4:49v median +0:23
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Block 05 9:20Running 5 4:54v median +0:23
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Block 06 6:49Running 6 4:51v median +0:22
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Block 07 8:05Running 7 4:49v median +0:16
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Block 08 10:57Running 8 6:58v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:12
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.