The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maria Antonietta Esposto & Michael Marx finished 451st of 467 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:58:03.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:12 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:54, behind 86% 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 10:30Running 1 5:12v median +0:45
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Block 02 11:14Running 2 7:40v median +1:27
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Block 03 14:23Running 3 8:35v median +2:03
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Block 04 16:13Running 4 9:04v median +2:35
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Block 05 15:55Running 5 9:46v median +3:07
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Block 06 11:20Running 6 8:28v median +2:00
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Block 07 14:40Running 7 9:22v median +2:55
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Block 08 15:04Running 8 8:19v median +3:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:54
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.