The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Friederike Lammerskitten & Sebastian Niermann finished 700th of 884 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:32:09.
Legs and stations told different stories: 34% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:44 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cologne ran fast: the 788 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:32 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:29Running 1 4:58v median +0:18
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 6:05v median +0:23
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Block 03 10:15Running 3 6:16v median +0:18
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Block 04 11:15Running 4 6:12v median +0:14
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 6:36v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 6:29v median +0:27
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Block 07 12:23Running 7 6:46v median +0:40
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Block 08 12:13Running 8 6:10v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.