The race, in three figures
The race, in words
DAVID Gresti finished 717th of 1,208 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 1:31:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 64% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:00 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:03 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. An improvement of 7:12 on Nice 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:49Running 1 3:30v median −0:10
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 4:54v median −0:24
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Block 03 11:46Running 3 5:28v median −0:13
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Block 04 12:11Running 4 5:13v median −0:30
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 5:38v median −0:15
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 5:30v median −0:14
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Block 07 12:39Running 7 5:37v median −0:09
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Block 08 12:37Running 8 6:07v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
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.