The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:29 at Karlsruhe 2025 put Lara Platten & Olrik Püpke 647th of 726 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 34% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:08 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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 12:01Running 1 7:26v median +3:19
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Block 02 8:30Running 2 6:48v median +0:59
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 7:20v median +1:11
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Block 04 10:41Running 4 7:30v median +1:21
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Block 05 12:33Running 5 7:41v median +1:25
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Block 06 9:46Running 6 7:30v median +1:21
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Block 07 12:25Running 7 7:42v median +1:29
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Block 08 13:14Running 8 9:09v median +2:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:08
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.