The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Abi Laaraj & Olga Popp finished 296th of 467 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:32:30.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:53. The race faded late: the second half went 4:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:26 in the roxzone was slower than 93% 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 8:53Running 1 4:40v median +0:13
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 6:27v median +0:14
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Block 03 10:11Running 3 6:34v median +0:02
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Block 04 11:21Running 4 6:33v median +0:04
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Block 05 12:04Running 5 6:59v median +0:20
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 6:20v median −0:08
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Block 07 11:37Running 7 6:26v median −0:01
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Block 08 11:13Running 8 5:35v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:26
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.