The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, Pedro Van Helden crossed the line in 1:27:40: 170th of 406 men, faster than 58% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:41 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:33 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:02 more than the average race this season, going by 835 athletes who raced both. 2:05 slower than at Rotterdam 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:49Running 1 3:31v median −0:21
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 5:09v median −0:18
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 5:17v median −0:34
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 5:28v median −0:18
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Block 05 11:05Running 5 6:00v median −0:03
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 5:48v median +0:02
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Block 07 10:29Running 7 5:41v median −0:03
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Block 08 14:25Running 8 5:07v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:11
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.