The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Franca Schmidt & Christoph Püngeler finished 301st of 467 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:33:12.
The runs carried this race: faster than 52% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 12% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:37 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:43 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 7:26Running 1 3:19v median −1:08
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Block 02 10:44Running 2 8:22v median +2:09
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Block 03 14:05Running 3 8:43v median +2:11
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Block 04 9:12Running 4 3:39v median −2:50
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Block 05 11:37Running 5 6:20v median −0:19
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 6:00v median −0:28
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Block 07 11:23Running 7 6:12v median −0:15
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Block 08 15:28Running 8 6:46v median +1:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:36
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.