The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Held finished 139th of 267 men in the Open division at Stuttgart 2023, in 1:26:08.
Legs and stations told different stories: 67% of the field beaten on the runs, 31% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:18 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 3:58 faster at Stuttgart 2023 than at Karlsruhe 2022, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:19Running 1 4:34v median +0:03
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 4:53v median −0:07
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 4:58v median −0:34
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Block 04 10:35Running 4 5:06v median −0:25
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Block 05 9:44Running 5 5:12v median −0:22
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:05v median −0:25
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Block 07 11:04Running 7 5:01v median −0:29
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Block 08 14:29Running 8 6:09v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 263
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 263 men who finished.