The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin Schäfer & Oliver Fischer finished in the top 10% of the field at Karlsruhe 2025, in 1:00:13 for 25th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 76% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:16 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:59, was faster than 96% 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 6:28Running 1 2:40v median −1:08
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Block 02 5:49Running 2 4:01v median −1:26
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Block 03 7:27Running 3 4:13v median −1:35
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Block 04 7:01Running 4 4:17v median −1:33
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Block 05 8:38Running 5 4:26v median −1:32
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Block 06 5:43Running 6 4:26v median −1:26
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Block 07 7:12Running 7 4:15v median −1:38
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Block 08 8:06Running 8 4:27v median −1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:59
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.