The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aleksandra Ertural & Michael Spangler finished in the top 10% of the field at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:01:31 for 7th of 467 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:21 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:08 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:42, was faster than 99% of the field.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:42 more than the average race this season, going by 520 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:40Running 1 2:57v median −1:30
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Block 02 6:09Running 2 4:15v median −1:58
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Block 03 7:44Running 3 4:34v median −1:58
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Block 04 7:34Running 4 4:32v median −1:57
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Block 05 8:37Running 5 4:35v median −2:04
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Block 06 6:05Running 6 4:33v median −1:55
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Block 07 7:31Running 7 4:34v median −1:53
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Block 08 7:37Running 8 3:39v median −1:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:42
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 333
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 333 mixed teams who finished.