The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, James Cook crossed the line in 1:25:43: 514th of 1,208 men, faster than 58% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:44 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:48 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:32Running 1 3:50v median +0:10
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 5:22v median +0:04
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 5:27v median −0:14
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 5:27v median −0:16
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:34v median −0:19
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:44v median +0:00
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Block 07 10:45Running 7 5:43v median −0:03
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Block 08 13:40Running 8 6:33v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:55
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.