The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stephen Pfeffer & Ras Ampathe Ba finished 370th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 1:20:20.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:48 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:15 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:56Running 1 3:52v median +0:04
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 5:45v median +0:18
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Block 03 8:45Running 3 5:57v median +0:09
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 5:58v median +0:08
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Block 05 11:03Running 5 6:20v median +0:22
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 6:01v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:19Running 7 6:04v median +0:11
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Block 08 10:56Running 8 6:36v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:42
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.