The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:15 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Roman Martin Kress 334th of 406 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 67% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 10:35. The race faded late: the second half went 9:54 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 8:40Running 1 3:41v median −0:11
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Block 02 10:47Running 2 5:05v median −0:22
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Block 03 12:14Running 3 5:17v median −0:34
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Block 04 13:42Running 4 5:17v median −0:29
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Block 05 11:49Running 5 6:04v median +0:01
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Block 06 9:46Running 6 5:43v median −0:03
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Block 07 12:11Running 7 5:36v median −0:08
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Block 08 23:21Running 8 5:01v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:51
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.