The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matti Merkens finished 215th of 406 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:32:34.
The stations carried this race: faster than 68% of the field across all eight, against 39% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:42 on the median. 9:21 in the roxzone was slower than 89% of the field.
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 8:25Running 1 4:24v median +0:32
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 5:55v median +0:28
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Block 03 9:58Running 3 6:02v median +0:11
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Block 04 12:28Running 4 5:59v median +0:13
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Block 05 11:15Running 5 6:45v median +0:42
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Block 06 8:43Running 6 6:20v median +0:34
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Block 07 10:01Running 7 6:14v median +0:30
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Block 08 13:31Running 8 5:30v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:21
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.