The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:17 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Mario Pitschmann & Lisa Podkalicki 180th of 467 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 62% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 81% of the field beaten on the stations, against 57% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:54 on the median. A harder second half: 1:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Karlsruhe ran slow: the 520 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:08Running 1 4:07v median −0:20
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 5:50v median −0:23
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 6:06v median −0:26
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Block 04 9:28Running 4 6:24v median −0:05
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 6:53v median +0:14
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 6:11v median −0:17
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Block 07 10:36Running 7 7:12v median +0:45
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Block 08 10:20Running 8 5:38v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:35
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.