The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:45 at Warsaw 2026 put Matti Merkens & Jonas Bergmann 158th of 232 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 68% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:35 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 Warsaw gained about 2:11.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:55Running 1 4:07v median −0:08
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 5:50v median +0:26
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Block 03 8:56Running 3 6:22v median +0:37
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 6:35v median +0:50
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 6:41v median +0:52
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 6:37v median +0:58
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Block 07 9:57Running 7 6:58v median +1:14
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Block 08 10:28Running 8 6:14v median +1:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:56
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 232
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 232 men's teams who finished.