The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:49 at Karlsruhe 2025 put Richard Bacon 626th of 1,208 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 31% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:37 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Karlsruhe ran slow: the 766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:58 slower here than at their other races. 8:16 faster than at London 2024, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:21Running 1 3:52v median +0:12
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 4:53v median −0:25
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Block 03 9:50Running 3 5:12v median −0:29
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Block 04 11:14Running 4 5:09v median −0:34
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 5:41v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 5:51v median +0:07
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Block 07 12:41Running 7 6:02v median +0:16
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Block 08 14:31Running 8 6:43v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:17
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.