The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, Pamela Bleh & Kira Schmitt crossed the line in 1:24:49: 253rd of 622 women's teams, faster than 59% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 67% of the field beaten on the runs, 35% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:39 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 2:30 more than the average race this season, going by 417 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 4:13v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 5:56v median −0:30
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Block 03 10:28Running 3 6:06v median −0:33
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Block 04 10:13Running 4 6:16v median −0:29
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Block 05 11:40Running 5 6:31v median −0:21
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 6:32v median −0:16
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Block 07 10:30Running 7 6:38v median −0:11
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Block 08 10:54Running 8 7:05v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 617
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 617 women's teams who finished.