The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Caroline Pachnicke & Jana Gruettner finished 255th of 327 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:37:04.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:35 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:17 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Cologne gave the field time back: about 0:45 faster than the average race this season, by 655 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:05Running 1 5:55v median +0:45
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 6:57v median +0:47
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Block 03 11:32Running 3 6:49v median +0:20
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Block 04 12:44Running 4 6:57v median +0:27
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Block 05 12:48Running 5 7:01v median +0:20
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Block 06 9:08Running 6 6:59v median +0:27
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Block 07 11:42Running 7 7:02v median +0:24
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Block 08 10:43Running 8 6:05v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:25
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.