The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marcel Dietsch finished 1,076th of 1,208 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 1:51:58.
A station race more than a running one: 40% of the field beaten on the stations, against 16% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 13:09 better against the middle of the field than before it. The roxzone cost time: 18:40, behind 99% 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 9:54Running 1 5:01v median +1:21
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Block 02 9:37Running 2 6:48v median +1:30
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Block 03 11:35Running 3 7:00v median +1:19
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Block 04 14:02Running 4 6:58v median +1:15
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 7:04v median +1:11
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 7:01v median +1:17
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 6:53v median +1:07
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Block 08 15:23Running 8 8:13v median +1:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:40
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.