The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fuentes Olivier & Laura Desmedt finished 353rd of 467 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:38:32.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:03. The race faded late: the second half went 3:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:31Running 1 5:45v median +1:18
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Block 02 10:22Running 2 7:42v median +1:29
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Block 03 11:37Running 3 5:54v median −0:38
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Block 04 11:17Running 4 5:51v median −0:38
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:04v median −0:35
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:39v median −0:49
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Block 07 11:25Running 7 6:05v median −0:22
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Block 08 18:12Running 8 8:04v median +2:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:03
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.