The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:59 at Cologne 2026 put Bünyamin Selvi & Verena Metting 666th of 884 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:48 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 9:47Running 1 5:18v median +0:38
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Block 02 8:57Running 2 5:53v median +0:11
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 5:55v median −0:03
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Block 04 10:40Running 4 5:59v median +0:01
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Block 05 11:46Running 5 6:19v median +0:14
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 6:10v median +0:08
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Block 07 13:02Running 7 6:21v median +0:15
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Block 08 10:58Running 8 5:45v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:29
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.