The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:25 at Karlsruhe 2025 put Merle Steinmann 293rd of 510 women in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 71% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 0:52 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 6:00 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:25 more than the average race this season, going by 306 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 3:39v median −0:23
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Block 02 10:25Running 2 8:15v median +2:25
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Block 03 13:28Running 3 8:35v median +2:27
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Block 04 14:15Running 4 8:48v median +2:40
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Block 05 14:00Running 5 8:51v median +2:30
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 5:43v median −0:29
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Block 07 9:38Running 7 5:37v median −0:35
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Block 08 11:32Running 8 6:10v median −0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:32
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 502
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 502 women who finished.