The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Niesen finished 184th of 406 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:29:31, faster than 55% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 71% of the field beaten on the stations, against 36% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:40 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 2:46 faster at Karlsruhe 2026 than at Stuttgart 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:46Running 1 3:37v median −0:15
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Block 02 9:33Running 2 5:57v median +0:30
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Block 03 11:21Running 3 6:41v median +0:50
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Block 04 10:53Running 4 6:39v median +0:53
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Block 05 11:36Running 5 6:50v median +0:47
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Block 06 8:59Running 6 6:25v median +0:39
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Block 07 11:43Running 7 6:15v median +0:31
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Block 08 11:29Running 8 5:19v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:17
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.