The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Bologna 2026, Laura Papke & Zehra Lewandowski crossed the line in 1:16:06: 53rd of 234 women's teams, faster than 77% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 97% of the field beaten on the stations, against 60% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:01 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Bologna gave the field time back: about 2:49 faster than the average race this season, by 378 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:43Running 1 5:22v median −0:06
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Block 02 6:42Running 2 5:11v median −0:19
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Block 03 8:29Running 3 5:31v median −0:16
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Block 04 8:13Running 4 5:37v median −0:04
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:47v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:44v median +0:02
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Block 07 8:35Running 7 5:35v median −0:07
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Block 08 9:14Running 8 5:57v median −0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:20
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 234
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 234 women's teams who finished.