The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gerrit Preusch & Jascha Zelmer finished 621st of 699 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2026, in 1:27:45.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 16:07 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
Berlin gave the field time back: about 0:27 faster than the average race this season, by 1,323 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:26Running 1 4:14v median +0:34
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Block 02 6:19Running 2 4:40v median +0:42
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Block 03 8:11Running 3 5:09v median +0:56
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 5:20v median +1:06
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:42v median +1:23
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 5:27v median +1:12
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Block 07 9:31Running 7 5:31v median +1:15
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Block 08 13:18Running 8 8:12v median +2:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:07
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 698
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 698 men's teams who finished.