The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Poll & Eric Anderson finished 1,039th of 1,325 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2025, in 1:17:37.
The runs carried this race: faster than 35% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:38 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Berlin gave the field time back: about 3:18 faster than the average race this season, by 1,263 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:18Running 1 4:06v median +0:23
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 4:31v median +0:13
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Block 03 8:04Running 3 4:40v median +0:08
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Block 04 8:22Running 4 4:47v median +0:14
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:57v median +0:17
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 4:56v median +0:20
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Block 07 9:36Running 7 4:50v median +0:14
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Block 08 11:32Running 8 6:15v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:38
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1313
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,313 men's teams who finished.