The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Whitewick finished 893rd of 1,208 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 1:38:48.
The runs carried this race: faster than 41% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 17% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:55. The race faded late: the second half went 1:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 0:58 more than the average race this season, going by 766 athletes who raced both. 7:23 faster than at Manchester 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:47Running 1 3:59v median +0:19
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Block 02 9:01Running 2 5:43v median +0:25
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Block 03 11:59Running 3 5:56v median +0:15
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Block 04 13:16Running 4 5:51v median +0:08
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Block 05 11:13Running 5 5:55v median +0:02
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:59v median +0:15
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Block 07 12:45Running 7 6:15v median +0:29
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Block 08 16:10Running 8 6:56v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:34
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.