The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:17 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Niklas Rauhut 164th of 406 men in the Open division, ahead of 60% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 77% of the field beaten on the stations, against 43% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:18 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:12 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:02 more than the average race this season, going by 835 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:33Running 1 5:37v median +1:45
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 5:32v median +0:05
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 5:45v median −0:06
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Block 04 10:36Running 4 5:49v median +0:03
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 6:30v median +0:27
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 6:03v median +0:17
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Block 07 10:09Running 7 5:58v median +0:14
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Block 08 11:34Running 8 5:03v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:39
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 240
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 240 men who finished.