The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Gould finished 235th of 406 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:35:06.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:13. The race faded late: the second half went 2:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:25 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 5:23 off the time at Cardiff 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 4:18v median +0:26
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 5:53v median +0:26
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Block 03 10:51Running 3 6:14v median +0:23
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Block 04 12:16Running 4 6:20v median +0:34
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Block 05 11:22Running 5 6:23v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:52v median +0:06
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 5:53v median +0:09
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Block 08 15:07Running 8 6:09v median +1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:25
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.