The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hubert Gaertner finished 314th of 406 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:45:31.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:34. A harder second half: 7:16 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 8:10Running 1 3:38v median −0:14
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Block 02 9:15Running 2 5:13v median −0:14
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Block 03 12:11Running 3 6:06v median +0:15
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Block 04 16:13Running 4 8:47v median +3:01
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Block 05 12:08Running 5 6:17v median +0:14
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Block 06 9:01Running 6 5:55v median +0:09
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Block 07 12:41Running 7 5:50v median +0:06
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Block 08 21:36Running 8 10:17v median +5:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:23
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.