The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:55 at Karlsruhe 2025 put Oliver Ventz 982nd of 1,208 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:15. The race faded late: the second half went 7:46 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 3:38v median −0:02
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 5:10v median −0:08
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Block 03 12:02Running 3 5:35v median −0:06
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Block 04 13:12Running 4 5:49v median +0:06
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 6:34v median +0:41
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:16v median +0:32
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Block 07 15:08Running 7 6:51v median +1:05
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Block 08 17:31Running 8 8:13v median +1:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:33
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.