The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ulrike Deska & Lena Deska finished 452nd of 629 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:32:57.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:04, behind 96% of the field.
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 9:57Running 1 5:04v median −0:02
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 6:10v median +0:02
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Block 03 10:25Running 3 6:31v median +0:11
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Block 04 10:29Running 4 6:25v median +0:02
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Block 05 11:59Running 5 6:54v median +0:23
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 6:35v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:24Running 7 6:45v median +0:16
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 6:01v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:04
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.