The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ron Gamboa finished 1,198th of 1,208 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 2:26:40.
On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 10:48. A harder second half: 7:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:17 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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 11:49Running 1 6:59v median +3:19
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Block 02 11:10Running 2 7:11v median +1:53
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Block 03 14:17Running 3 7:30v median +1:49
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Block 04 24:17Running 4 7:48v median +2:05
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Block 05 14:20Running 5 8:45v median +2:52
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Block 06 12:25Running 6 9:21v median +3:37
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Block 07 22:40Running 7 8:29v median +2:43
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Block 08 24:34Running 8 12:12v median +5:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:17
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.