The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Elena Sirakova & Aleksandar Varagic finished 814th of 953 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:31:51.
A station race more than a running one: 36% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:13 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:01Running 1 4:41v median +0:46
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 5:07v median +0:54
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Block 03 8:29Running 3 5:11v median +0:48
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Block 04 9:23Running 4 5:19v median +0:53
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:36v median +1:05
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 5:30v median +1:01
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Block 07 11:10Running 7 5:59v median +1:26
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Block 08 12:45Running 8 8:21v median +2:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:15
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.