The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Luca Hauser & Jens Kalmbach at Karlsruhe 2025: 58:23, 13th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 73% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:42 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 3:49, ahead of 97% of the field.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 2:10 more than the average race this season, going by 391 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:35Running 1 2:47v median −1:01
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Block 02 5:27Running 2 4:00v median −1:27
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Block 03 7:11Running 3 4:00v median −1:48
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Block 04 6:59Running 4 3:58v median −1:52
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Block 05 8:14Running 5 3:57v median −2:01
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Block 06 5:18Running 6 3:59v median −1:53
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Block 07 6:54Running 7 4:00v median −1:53
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Block 08 8:03Running 8 4:07v median −2:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:49
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 588
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 588 men's teams who finished.