The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, Franz-Xaver Gmeiner & Luca Heid crossed the line in 1:13:54: 239th of 603 men's teams, faster than 60% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 92% of the field beaten on the stations, against 45% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:14 on the median. A harder second half: 3:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:13Running 1 3:36v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 5:20v median −0:07
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Block 03 8:31Running 3 5:45v median −0:03
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Block 04 7:54Running 4 5:57v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 6:37v median +0:39
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 6:15v median +0:23
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Block 07 9:23Running 7 6:23v median +0:30
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Block 08 10:28Running 8 6:30v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:30
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.