The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tabea Krause & Lars Oetken finished 551st of 884 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:25:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. On the sled push the field had the edge, by 1:00. Stronger after halfway: 1:26 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cologne gained about 0:32.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:54Running 1 5:01v median +0:21
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Block 02 9:14Running 2 5:57v median +0:15
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 6:03v median +0:05
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Block 04 10:23Running 4 5:56v median −0:02
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 6:22v median +0:17
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 6:01v median −0:01
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Block 07 10:25Running 7 6:08v median +0:02
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Block 08 10:56Running 8 5:30v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:01
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.