The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, Constantin Schwarz & Steve Wünsche crossed the line in 1:14:44: 259th of 603 men's teams, faster than 57% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 78% of the field across all eight, against 47% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:52 on the median. A harder second half: 1:31 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 7:40Running 1 3:53v median +0:05
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 5:24v median −0:03
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Block 03 8:35Running 3 5:52v median +0:04
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Block 04 9:10Running 4 5:59v median +0:09
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 6:11v median +0:13
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Block 06 7:44Running 6 6:08v median +0:16
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Block 07 8:37Running 7 6:02v median +0:09
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Block 08 10:31Running 8 6:34v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:19
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.