The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:03 at Berlin 2026 put Malaika Nichau & Sophie Schwierske 664th of 777 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:07. The race faded late: the second half went 1:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 20:21 in the roxzone was slower than 91% 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 9:15Running 1 4:37v median +0:23
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 5:24v median +0:50
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 5:30v median +0:47
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Block 04 10:44Running 4 5:45v median +0:57
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Block 05 10:55Running 5 5:38v median +0:42
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 5:54v median +1:00
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Block 07 10:02Running 7 5:09v median +0:12
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Block 08 12:35Running 8 7:56v median +1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 20:21
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.