The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Hamburg 2025, Alexander Kraus & Jannis Gerstenberg crossed the line in 1:10:07: 253rd of 935 men's teams, faster than 73% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 91% of the field beaten on the runs, 34% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:59 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:12 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Hamburg gave the field time back: about 1:03 faster than the average race this season, by 778 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:01Running 1 5:07v median −0:35
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Block 02 5:51Running 2 4:08v median −0:42
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 4:06v median −1:01
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Block 04 6:41Running 4 3:56v median −1:15
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Block 05 8:42Running 5 4:17v median −1:04
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Block 06 5:48Running 6 4:20v median −0:53
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Block 07 7:43Running 7 4:24v median −0:48
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Block 08 8:25Running 8 4:20v median −1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 929
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 929 men's teams who finished.