The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ruben Matos finished 1,064th of 1,208 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 1:50:45.
The runs carried this race: faster than 45% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 6:10. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:20 better 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. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Ruben Matos.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:23Running 1 3:44v median +0:04
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Block 02 11:24Running 2 5:42v median +0:24
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Block 03 17:22Running 3 6:10v median +0:29
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Block 04 14:38Running 4 6:06v median +0:23
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 5:46v median −0:07
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 5:28v median −0:16
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Block 07 12:23Running 7 5:58v median +0:12
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Block 08 17:47Running 8 6:43v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:39
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.