The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:25 at Karlsruhe 2025 put Jens D'Hondt & Bruno Goetzmann 456th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the sled push the field had the edge, by 5:20. Stronger after halfway: 7:50 better against the middle of the field 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 8:29Running 1 4:28v median +0:40
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Block 02 12:54Running 2 5:53v median +0:26
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 6:04v median +0:16
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Block 04 10:23Running 4 6:22v median +0:32
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 6:07v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:53v median +0:01
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Block 07 9:36Running 7 5:58v median +0:05
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Block 08 10:18Running 8 6:02v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
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.