The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tobias Gleich & Jonathan Kirsten finished 499th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 1:30:20.
A station race more than a running one: 52% of the field beaten on the stations, against 13% on the runs. The sled pull was the standout, 0:35 quicker than the median and 100th of 603. A harder second half: 2:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 8:41Running 1 4:34v median +0:46
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 6:15v median +0:48
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Block 03 9:48Running 3 7:10v median +1:22
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Block 04 11:33Running 4 8:08v median +2:18
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Block 05 12:51Running 5 8:15v median +2:17
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Block 06 8:51Running 6 7:23v median +1:31
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Block 07 11:16Running 7 7:37v median +1:44
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Block 08 12:01Running 8 8:16v median +2:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:26
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.