The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, Christian Rochlitz & Torsten Matthes crossed the line in 1:05:29: 78th of 603 men's teams, faster than 87% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 93% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 41% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 1:02 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:22, was faster than 91% 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 7:03Running 1 3:00v median −0:48
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Block 02 5:39Running 2 4:09v median −1:18
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Block 03 7:45Running 3 4:16v median −1:32
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Block 04 7:37Running 4 4:27v median −1:23
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Block 05 9:17Running 5 4:31v median −1:27
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Block 06 5:59Running 6 4:38v median −1:14
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Block 07 8:24Running 7 4:40v median −1:13
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Block 08 9:30Running 8 5:11v median −1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:22
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.