The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Janine Buttkereit & Marcel Buttkereit finished 272nd of 311 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:41:01.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:46 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:44, behind 99% of the field.
Cologne ran fast: the 788 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:32 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:51Running 1 5:20v median +0:38
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Block 02 9:59Running 2 7:39v median +1:56
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Block 03 12:02Running 3 7:56v median +1:58
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Block 04 11:47Running 4 7:36v median +1:31
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Block 05 12:17Running 5 7:31v median +1:20
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Block 06 9:18Running 6 7:25v median +1:21
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Block 07 12:37Running 7 7:59v median +1:50
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Block 08 12:34Running 8 7:13v median +1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:44
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 307
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 307 mixed teams who finished.