The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:00 at Cologne 2026 put Benjamin Schmidtke & Lena Jeßen 567th of 884 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 80% of the field across all eight, against 18% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:49 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 6:16 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:13Running 1 6:16v median +1:36
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 5:46v median +0:04
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Block 03 11:39Running 3 8:55v median +2:57
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Block 04 12:20Running 4 8:51v median +2:53
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Block 05 10:54Running 5 6:08v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 6:11v median +0:09
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Block 07 9:48Running 7 6:22v median +0:16
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Block 08 9:34Running 8 5:45v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:10
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.