The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Ploder finished 303rd of 406 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:43:00.
The runs carried this race: faster than 41% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:05 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:02 more than the average race this season, going by 835 athletes who raced both. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Thomas Ploder.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:52Running 1 3:53v median +0:01
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Block 02 9:39Running 2 5:32v median +0:05
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Block 03 12:48Running 3 5:51v median +0:00
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Block 04 12:52Running 4 6:09v median +0:23
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Block 05 11:20Running 5 6:16v median +0:13
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 6:11v median +0:25
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Block 07 14:28Running 7 6:17v median +0:33
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Block 08 17:21Running 8 6:31v median +1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:22
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.