The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, Matthias Schäfer crossed the line in 1:21:09: 379th of 1,208 men, faster than 69% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 79% of the field beaten on the runs, 46% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:00 on the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:29.
The field ran 1:36 faster at Karlsruhe 2025 than at Karlsruhe 2022, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:37Running 1 3:01v median −0:39
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 4:36v median −0:42
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Block 03 10:31Running 3 4:53v median −0:48
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 5:03v median −0:40
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:29v median −0:24
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:11v median −0:33
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 4:54v median −0:52
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Block 08 13:34Running 8 5:46v median −0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:01
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.