The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, Matthew Simmons crossed the line in 1:14:50: 196th of 1,208 men, faster than 84% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:12 on the median. A harder second half: 2:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:38, was faster than 91% of the field.
This was a slow day in Karlsruhe. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:58. Matthew Simmons's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:25Running 1 3:30v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 4:51v median −0:27
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Block 03 8:29Running 3 4:50v median −0:51
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Block 04 8:28Running 4 4:59v median −0:44
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:49v median −0:04
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 5:21v median −0:23
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 5:15v median −0:31
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Block 08 11:39Running 8 5:51v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:38
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1185
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,185 men who finished.