The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Valentino Castagnola & Jens Tropper finished 494th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 1:29:49.
A station race more than a running one: 71% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:31, behind 93% of the field.
Karlsruhe ran slow: the 391 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:10 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 4:54v median +1:06
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 7:13v median +1:46
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 7:18v median +1:30
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Block 04 10:50Running 4 7:16v median +1:26
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Block 05 12:22Running 5 7:53v median +1:55
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Block 06 9:16Running 6 7:41v median +1:49
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Block 07 10:05Running 7 7:24v median +1:31
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Block 08 11:32Running 8 7:46v median +1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
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.