The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:35 at Berlin 2026 put Kati Kirchner & Andrea Griffel 657th of 777 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 15% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:17 better against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 21:56, behind 95% of the field.
Berlin cost the whole field time: about 0:47 more than the average race this season, going by 1,436 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:25Running 1 4:31v median +0:17
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 4:57v median +0:23
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Block 03 9:21Running 3 4:57v median +0:14
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 5:08v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:16v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:07v median +0:13
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Block 07 9:33Running 7 4:59v median +0:02
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Block 08 12:20Running 8 7:14v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 21:56
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 775
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 775 women's teams who finished.