The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Thorben Riedlinger at Karlsruhe 2020: 1:17:54, 30th of 331 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 93% of the field beaten on the runs, 73% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 4:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 6:19, was faster than 88% of the field.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:26 more than the average race this season, going by 167 athletes who raced both. 7:20 faster than at Hannover 2020, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:22Running 1 3:56v median −0:51
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 4:15v median −1:01
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 4:29v median −1:18
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Block 04 8:08Running 4 4:37v median −1:10
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Block 05 9:11Running 5 4:39v median −1:20
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Block 06 6:47Running 6 4:40v median −1:07
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Block 07 10:10Running 7 4:55v median −0:52
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Block 08 12:00Running 8 6:11v median −1:08
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 317
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 317 men who finished.