The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sven Thompson finished 1,153rd of 1,208 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 2:02:59.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:05 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:35, behind 93% 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 9:09Running 1 4:24v median +0:44
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Block 02 10:48Running 2 6:33v median +1:15
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Block 03 15:34Running 3 7:56v median +2:15
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Block 04 16:49Running 4 8:17v median +2:34
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Block 05 13:22Running 5 8:25v median +2:32
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Block 06 10:53Running 6 9:02v median +3:18
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Block 07 15:15Running 7 8:53v median +3:07
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Block 08 20:42Running 8 10:18v median +3:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:35
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.