The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Renner & Marina Ruppert finished 399th of 726 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2025, in 1:23:43.
A station race more than a running one: 59% of the field beaten on the stations, against 34% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:10 more than the average race this season, going by 444 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:16Running 1 4:15v median +0:08
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 5:52v median +0:03
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 6:37v median +0:28
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Block 04 10:23Running 4 6:48v median +0:39
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Block 05 11:46Running 5 7:07v median +0:51
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 6:56v median +0:47
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Block 07 10:39Running 7 7:06v median +0:53
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Block 08 10:33Running 8 6:47v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:36
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 723
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 723 mixed teams who finished.