The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Elizabeth Blanchford finished 205th of 249 women in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 2:04:33.
A station race more than a running one: 41% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:49 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 3:02 more than the average race this season, going by 376 athletes who raced both. That was 29:03 off the time at Stuttgart 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:20Running 1 5:48v median +1:21
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Block 02 11:49Running 2 8:22v median +2:05
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Block 03 15:06Running 3 8:31v median +2:02
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Block 04 15:42Running 4 8:36v median +2:02
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Block 05 14:56Running 5 8:55v median +2:02
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Block 06 11:06Running 6 8:50v median +2:05
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Block 07 13:48Running 7 8:49v median +2:10
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Block 08 23:08Running 8 14:01v median +8:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:46
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 187
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 187 women who finished.