The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:04 at Cologne 2026 put Melanie Maaßen & Julia Porsch 429th of 629 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:15 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cologne gave the field time back: about 0:45 faster than the average race this season, by 655 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:23Running 1 5:15v median +0:09
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 6:17v median +0:09
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Block 03 10:39Running 3 6:31v median +0:11
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Block 04 11:04Running 4 6:38v median +0:15
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Block 05 12:03Running 5 6:48v median +0:17
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 6:40v median +0:14
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Block 07 11:42Running 7 6:50v median +0:21
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Block 08 11:25Running 8 6:00v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:24
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.