The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Annika Graf & Natalie Gürtler finished in the top 10% of the field at Cologne 2026, in 1:13:55 for 27th of 327 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 94% of the field beaten on the runs, 74% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:37 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:17, was faster than 92% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cologne gained about 0:45.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:10Running 1 3:40v median −1:30
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:58v median −1:12
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Block 03 8:43Running 3 5:32v median −0:57
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Block 04 10:03Running 4 5:36v median −0:54
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 5:35v median −1:06
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 5:24v median −1:08
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Block 07 8:42Running 7 5:34v median −1:04
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Block 08 9:06Running 8 4:56v median −1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:17
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 325
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 325 women's teams who finished.