The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Schmidt & Matthias Lechte finished 1,313th of 1,325 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2025, in 1:38:18.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:41 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 11:48, behind 97% of the field.
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 8:53Running 1 4:39v median +0:56
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 5:40v median +1:22
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Block 03 10:42Running 3 6:04v median +1:32
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 6:01v median +1:28
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:11v median +1:31
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 6:09v median +1:33
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Block 07 13:37Running 7 6:33v median +1:57
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Block 08 14:04Running 8 8:22v median +2:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:48
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.