The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Hamburg 2026, Franziska Schäfer & Sophie Stegmann crossed the line in 1:21:04: 119th of 553 women's teams, faster than 79% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 87% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 48% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:00 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Hamburg gained about 1:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:11Running 1 5:20v median −0:40
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:17v median −1:10
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Block 03 9:13Running 3 5:20v median −1:17
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Block 04 9:29Running 4 5:24v median −1:20
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:39v median −1:11
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:54v median −0:53
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Block 07 11:01Running 7 6:00v median −0:48
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Block 08 9:29Running 8 4:50v median −1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:27
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 530
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 530 women's teams who finished.