The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Kuhn finished 226th of 406 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:34:12.
The runs carried this race: faster than 78% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 7:00 slower than the median. A harder second half: 8:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Karlsruhe ran slow: the 835 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:02 slower here than at their other races. That was 5:18 off the time at Mechelen 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:26Running 1 3:36v median −0:16
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Block 02 9:21Running 2 5:07v median −0:20
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 5:08v median −0:43
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 5:07v median −0:39
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Block 05 10:27Running 5 5:31v median −0:32
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Block 06 7:08Running 6 5:15v median −0:31
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Block 07 10:58Running 7 5:18v median −0:26
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Block 08 19:22Running 8 4:37v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:31
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.