The race, in three figures
Field beaten
39%
Runs
10%
Stations
Biggest gain
1000m SkiErg
+0:04
v median
192/321
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+4:23
v median
295/321
Rank
The race, in words
Thorsten Schmidt finished 261st of 321 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:44:15.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:23 behind the median.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:02 more than the average race this season, going by 835 athletes who raced both. 10:00 slower than at Stuttgart 2023, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:04Running 1 3:33v median −0:06
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Block 02 11:19Running 2 5:32v median +0:18
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Block 03 6:29
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Block 04 8:17
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Block 05 5:08
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Block 06 2:36
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Block 07 6:22
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Block 08 12:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:00
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:50
0:11
0:39
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:15
0:05
1:10
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:53
0:00
0:53
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:00
0:00
0:00
B5 · 1000m Row
0:00
0:00
0:00
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:00
0:00
0:00
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
0:00
0:00
0:00
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Karlsruhe 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI18B3
Measured against
Men · n = 321