The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Held finished 1,096th of 1,208 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 1:54:04.
The runs carried this race: faster than 27% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 11:39 slower than the median. A harder second half: 15:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 4:17 faster at Karlsruhe 2025 than at Stuttgart 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:01Running 1 4:07v median +0:27
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Block 02 8:30Running 2 5:42v median +0:24
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Block 03 12:54Running 3 5:52v median +0:11
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Block 04 13:46Running 4 6:02v median +0:19
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Block 05 11:47Running 5 6:21v median +0:28
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Block 06 8:58Running 6 6:16v median +0:32
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Block 07 22:59Running 7 6:18v median +0:32
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Block 08 18:31Running 8 9:13v median +2:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:45
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.