The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alice Ershammar & Tilde Söderholm finished 461st of 541 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2025, in 1:31:35.
A station race more than a running one: 41% of the field beaten on the stations, against 8% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:07 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
Berlin gave the field time back: about 3:54 faster than the average race this season, by 1,238 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:26Running 1 3:52v median −0:27
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Block 02 7:51Running 2 5:47v median +0:49
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Block 03 11:12Running 3 6:17v median +1:10
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Block 04 9:45Running 4 6:11v median +1:01
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Block 05 12:02Running 5 7:05v median +1:49
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Block 06 9:03Running 6 7:05v median +1:52
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Block 07 9:30Running 7 6:25v median +1:12
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Block 08 12:47Running 8 8:37v median +1:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:07
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 537
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 537 women's teams who finished.