The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ute Grabis & Katja Kless finished 474th of 622 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 1:37:23.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:58 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:20, was faster than 87% of the field.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 2:29 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 8:20Running 1 3:35v median −0:51
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Block 02 9:51Running 2 8:23v median +1:57
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Block 03 12:15Running 3 8:24v median +1:45
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Block 04 12:31Running 4 8:36v median +1:51
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Block 05 13:45Running 5 8:37v median +1:45
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Block 06 10:00Running 6 8:33v median +1:45
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Block 07 12:18Running 7 8:32v median +1:43
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Block 08 13:12Running 8 9:03v median +1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:20
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.