The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Erik Schmidt finished 281st of 406 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:41:06.
The runs carried this race: faster than 48% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:30. The race faded late: the second half went 2:13 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Karlsruhe. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:02.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:46Running 1 3:38v median −0:14
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Block 02 9:01Running 2 5:32v median +0:05
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Block 03 13:07Running 3 5:53v median +0:02
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Block 04 14:33Running 4 6:09v median +0:23
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Block 05 11:28Running 5 6:44v median +0:41
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Block 06 9:59Running 6 6:14v median +0:28
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Block 07 12:37Running 7 6:03v median +0:19
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Block 08 15:09Running 8 5:05v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:34
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.