The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:57 at Karlsruhe 2025 put Fabio Backes 924th of 1,208 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 67% of the field across all eight, against 18% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 9:44 better against the middle of the field than before it. 12:15 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 0:58 more than the average race this season, going by 766 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:51Running 1 3:32v median −0:08
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Block 02 10:27Running 2 8:22v median +3:04
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Block 03 13:35Running 3 9:04v median +3:23
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 7:45v median +2:02
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 6:14v median +0:21
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Block 06 8:16Running 6 5:38v median −0:06
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 5:34v median −0:12
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Block 08 14:05Running 8 7:49v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:15
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.