The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cologne 2026, Melanie Plück & Christine Nowinski crossed the line in 1:25:26: 301st of 629 women's teams, faster than 52% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 84% of the field beaten on the stations, against 35% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:53 on the median.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cologne gained about 0:45.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:38Running 1 4:53v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 6:10v median +0:02
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Block 03 11:08Running 3 7:14v median +0:54
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 7:21v median +0:58
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Block 05 12:03Running 5 7:02v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 6:59v median +0:33
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Block 07 10:05Running 7 7:16v median +0:47
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Block 08 9:42Running 8 5:58v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:09
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 625
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 625 women's teams who finished.