The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lea Recktenwald & Elena Anthes finished 573rd of 629 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cologne 2026, in 1:44:35.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:00 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:20 worse 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 10:48Running 1 5:47v median +0:41
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 7:10v median +1:02
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Block 03 11:53Running 3 7:50v median +1:30
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Block 04 13:33Running 4 8:10v median +1:47
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Block 05 13:19Running 5 8:06v median +1:35
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Block 06 10:12Running 6 8:16v median +1:50
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Block 07 14:07Running 7 8:30v median +2:01
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Block 08 12:37Running 8 7:35v median +1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:45
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.