The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Svenja Maack & Melanie Gerstenmeyer finished 290th of 367 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Berlin 2024, in 1:26:20.
A station race more than a running one: 40% of the field beaten on the stations, against 17% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:35 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:13 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Berlin gave the field time back: about 6:12 faster than the average race this season, by 267 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:33Running 1 4:58v median +0:31
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 7:16v median +0:48
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Block 03 10:59Running 3 7:38v median +0:41
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Block 04 12:06Running 4 7:59v median +0:50
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Block 05 12:49Running 5 8:00v median +0:58
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Block 06 10:05Running 6 8:07v median +0:58
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 7:38v median +0:48
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Block 08 10:34Running 8 7:42v median +1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:22
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 365
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 365 women's teams who finished.