The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Meri Holmberg & Inari Simula finished in the top 10% of the field at Gdansk 2026, in 1:12:07 for 42nd of 653 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 96% of the field beaten on the runs, 68% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:06 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 5:16, ahead of 97% of the field.
Gdansk gave the field time back: about 1:56 faster than the average race this season, by 247 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:12Running 1 3:48v median −1:05
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 4:38v median −1:17
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Block 03 8:43Running 3 4:47v median −1:25
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Block 04 9:16Running 4 4:47v median −1:25
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Block 05 9:44Running 5 4:49v median −1:29
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Block 06 6:24Running 6 4:56v median −1:14
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Block 07 8:31Running 7 4:59v median −1:11
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Block 08 9:28Running 8 5:24v median −1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:16
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 649
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 649 women's teams who finished.