The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mike Lieber finished 1,037th of 1,208 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 1:48:03.
The wall balls cost the most time: 1:59 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:44 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
Karlsruhe ran slow: the 766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:58 slower here than at their other races. 13:43 slower than at Hamburg 2024, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:17Running 1 4:30v median +0:50
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Block 02 10:36Running 2 6:36v median +1:18
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Block 03 12:37Running 3 6:45v median +1:04
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Block 04 14:06Running 4 6:53v median +1:10
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Block 05 12:07Running 5 6:56v median +1:03
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Block 06 10:13Running 6 6:57v median +1:13
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Block 07 13:14Running 7 7:03v median +1:17
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Block 08 16:15Running 8 7:57v median +1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:44
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.