The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joshua Brett finished 343rd of 406 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:52:28.
The stations carried this race: faster than 32% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:01. A harder second half: 5:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:02 more than the average race this season, going by 835 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:59Running 1 3:46v median −0:06
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Block 02 12:07Running 2 8:37v median +3:10
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Block 03 13:00Running 3 8:45v median +2:54
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Block 04 15:20Running 4 8:43v median +2:57
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Block 05 12:08Running 5 7:13v median +1:10
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Block 06 9:54Running 6 7:45v median +1:59
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Block 07 16:55Running 7 7:25v median +1:41
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Block 08 16:46Running 8 7:28v median +2:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:28
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.