The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:57 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Simon Poll & Julia Poll 349th of 467 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:38. The race faded late: the second half went 2:50 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:27Running 1 4:40v median +0:13
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Block 02 8:37Running 2 6:28v median +0:15
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Block 03 11:58Running 3 6:41v median +0:09
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Block 04 12:20Running 4 6:41v median +0:12
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Block 05 12:09Running 5 6:50v median +0:11
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Block 06 8:27Running 6 6:40v median +0:12
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Block 07 13:08Running 7 7:08v median +0:41
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Block 08 13:54Running 8 6:11v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:05
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.