The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:20 at Cologne 2026 put Fabio Backes & Carolin Gebhard 494th of 884 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 72% of the field across all eight, against 30% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 0:45 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cologne gave the field time back: about 0:32 faster than the average race this season, by 788 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:07Running 1 4:58v median +0:18
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 5:55v median +0:13
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Block 03 9:27Running 3 6:27v median +0:29
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Block 04 9:13Running 4 6:26v median +0:28
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Block 05 11:10Running 5 6:34v median +0:29
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 6:27v median +0:25
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Block 07 11:23Running 7 7:32v median +1:26
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Block 08 10:33Running 8 6:05v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:33
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 881
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 881 mixed teams who finished.