The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cologne 2026, Melanie Gerhardt & Ann-Katrin Heine crossed the line in 1:25:39: 307th of 629 women's teams, faster than 51% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:31 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:02 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 0:45.
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 7:26Running 2 5:33v median −0:35
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Block 03 13:10Running 3 9:01v median +2:41
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Block 04 10:23Running 4 6:21v median −0:02
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Block 05 11:45Running 5 6:21v median −0:10
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 6:13v median −0:13
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Block 07 9:04Running 7 5:58v median −0:31
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Block 08 9:12Running 8 5:05v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:54
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.