The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:23 at Karlsruhe 2025 put Oliver Oester & Martin Fialkowski 537th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 37% of the field across all eight, against 11% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:54, behind 97% 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 8:01Running 1 4:24v median +0:36
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 6:27v median +1:00
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Block 03 10:46Running 3 7:32v median +1:44
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Block 04 12:49Running 4 8:59v median +3:09
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Block 05 13:34Running 5 9:01v median +3:03
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 7:00v median +1:08
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Block 07 11:56Running 7 7:50v median +1:57
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Block 08 11:55Running 8 7:39v median +1:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:54
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.