The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Johanna Kingma & Judith Siemer finished 163rd of 262 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:29:15.
A station race more than a running one: 85% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:11, behind 86% of the field.
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 9:37Running 1 5:11v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 6:13v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:22Running 3 6:45v median +0:21
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Block 04 10:45Running 4 7:15v median +0:45
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Block 05 12:23Running 5 7:25v median +0:49
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Block 06 9:03Running 6 7:27v median +0:56
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 7:21v median +0:44
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Block 08 10:11Running 8 6:15v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:11
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 261
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 261 women's teams who finished.