The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:13 at Hamburg 2025 put Alexander Mertens & Sophie Nowak 579th of 711 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:21 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:12 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Hamburg gained about 0:55.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:40Running 1 6:57v median +0:48
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Block 02 9:06Running 2 5:30v median +0:19
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Block 03 10:52Running 3 5:50v median +0:26
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Block 04 11:36Running 4 5:54v median +0:29
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Block 05 10:49Running 5 5:46v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:46v median +0:17
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Block 07 12:14Running 7 5:44v median +0:15
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Block 08 12:03Running 8 5:43v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:12
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 707
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 707 mixed teams who finished.