The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:20 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Karin Grötzbach & Kai Grötzbach 294th of 467 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 56% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:33 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:11 better 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 10:10Running 1 5:31v median +1:04
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Block 02 9:33Running 2 7:24v median +1:11
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Block 03 11:59Running 3 7:47v median +1:15
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Block 04 10:58Running 4 7:34v median +1:05
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Block 05 12:44Running 5 7:36v median +0:57
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Block 06 9:20Running 6 7:26v median +0:58
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 6:53v median +0:26
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Block 08 10:09Running 8 5:35v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:17
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.