The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, Oliver Bolton & Lucy Mead crossed the line in 1:19:01: 108th of 467 mixed teams, faster than 77% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 83% of the field beaten on the runs, 54% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:14 on the median. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:27.
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 7:54Running 1 3:43v median −0:44
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 5:33v median −0:40
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 5:35v median −0:57
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Block 04 8:23Running 4 5:40v median −0:49
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:45v median −0:54
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:31v median −0:57
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Block 07 12:48Running 7 6:03v median −0:24
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Block 08 9:14Running 8 4:38v median −0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:59