The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Hamburg 2026, Vanessa Gerdes & Alina Dreyer crossed the line in 1:29:55: 254th of 553 women's teams, faster than 54% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 66% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 44% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the row, 0:30 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:25Running 1 5:47v median −0:13
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 5:56v median −0:31
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 6:11v median −0:26
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Block 04 11:07Running 4 6:25v median −0:19
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Block 05 12:03Running 5 6:28v median −0:22
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 6:18v median −0:29
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 6:19v median −0:29
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Block 08 10:24Running 8 5:32v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:27
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.