The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:53 at Karlsruhe 2025 put Soichi Watanabe 305th of 1,208 men in the Open division, ahead of 75% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 86% of the field beaten on the runs, 48% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 6:50 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:47, was faster than 89% of the field.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 0:58 more than the average race this season, going by 766 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:32Running 1 2:55v median −0:45
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Block 02 10:02Running 2 7:31v median +2:13
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Block 03 10:56Running 3 5:40v median −0:01
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Block 04 10:12Running 4 4:06v median −1:37
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 4:16v median −1:37
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Block 06 5:50Running 6 4:07v median −1:37
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 4:06v median −1:40
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Block 08 11:22Running 8 4:33v median −2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:47
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.