The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jörg Limbach won the 45–49 age group at Karlsruhe 2026 in 1:10:21, first of 27.
The runs carried this race: faster than 97% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 76% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:27 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:53, was faster than 95% of the field.
This was a slow day in Karlsruhe. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:02. That was 4:12 off the time at Cologne 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:07Running 1 2:51v median −0:48
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Block 02 6:48Running 2 4:00v median −1:14
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Block 03 8:57Running 3 4:21v median −1:14
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Block 04 9:20Running 4 4:25v median −1:12
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 4:39v median −1:10
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Block 06 6:31Running 6 4:29v median −1:07
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Block 07 8:49Running 7 4:30v median −1:08
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Block 08 9:44Running 8 3:48v median −1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:53
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 146
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 146 men who finished.