The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Hamburg 2026, Mercedes Jorge & Franziska Luhn crossed the line in 1:25:33: 179th of 553 women's teams, faster than 68% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:54 on the median. A harder second half: 4:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Hamburg gave the field time back: about 1:00 faster than the average race this season, by 863 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:42Running 1 4:50v median −1:10
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 5:26v median −1:01
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Block 03 10:30Running 3 6:13v median −0:24
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Block 04 9:24Running 4 5:53v median −0:51
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Block 05 11:41Running 5 6:22v median −0:28
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 6:16v median −0:31
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Block 07 10:16Running 7 6:21v median −0:27
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Block 08 11:54Running 8 7:50v median +1:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:25
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.