The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joshua Bowden finished 966th of 1,208 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 1:42:46.
The runs carried this race: faster than 37% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:47 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:39 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:03Running 1 3:26v median −0:14
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 5:24v median +0:06
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Block 03 11:48Running 3 5:52v median +0:11
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Block 04 16:31Running 4 6:03v median +0:20
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Block 05 11:47Running 5 6:32v median +0:39
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:29v median +0:45
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Block 07 14:09Running 7 6:33v median +0:47
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Block 08 16:21Running 8 7:15v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:48
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.