The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:34 at Karlsruhe 2025 put Christoph Malke & Oxana Kälber 531st of 726 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 2:01. Stronger after halfway: 5:29 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 8:44Running 1 4:01v median −0:06
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Block 02 9:18Running 2 5:40v median −0:09
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Block 03 13:46Running 3 8:01v median +1:52
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 6:15v median +0:06
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Block 05 11:45Running 5 6:13v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 6:00v median −0:09
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Block 07 9:27Running 7 6:09v median −0:04
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Block 08 11:38Running 8 7:00v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.