The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, Tobias Wicke & Lisa Maria Bauer crossed the line in 1:24:16: 201st of 467 mixed teams, faster than 57% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 68% of the field beaten on the runs, 41% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:05. A harder second half: 3:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:08Running 1 3:53v median −0:34
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 5:46v median −0:27
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Block 03 9:57Running 3 6:16v median −0:16
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Block 04 10:10Running 4 6:25v median −0:04
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Block 05 11:06Running 5 5:58v median −0:41
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Block 06 8:04Running 6 6:02v median −0:26
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Block 07 11:57Running 7 6:34v median +0:07
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Block 08 10:52Running 8 5:17v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:49
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.