The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robert Sammler & Lisa John finished 643rd of 953 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:24:27.
A station race more than a running one: 76% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:42 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:58 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 8:56Running 1 4:41v median +0:46
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Block 02 7:20Running 2 5:06v median +0:53
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Block 03 7:57Running 3 5:17v median +0:54
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Block 04 8:56Running 4 5:45v median +1:19
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Block 05 9:37Running 5 5:21v median +0:50
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Block 06 6:54Running 6 5:07v median +0:38
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Block 07 8:31Running 7 5:15v median +0:42
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Block 08 11:28Running 8 6:58v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:55
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.