The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Diana Tittmann & Simon Poetgens finished 660th of 884 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:29:32.
A station race more than a running one: 49% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:40 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:14Running 1 5:15v median +0:35
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 6:23v median +0:41
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 6:39v median +0:41
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Block 04 10:47Running 4 6:52v median +0:54
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 6:49v median +0:44
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 6:42v median +0:40
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Block 07 12:01Running 7 7:28v median +1:22
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Block 08 11:26Running 8 6:54v median +1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:51
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.