The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Ziwes-Strack finished 135th of 321 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:24:55, faster than 58% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 69% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 43% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:43. The race faded late: the second half went 1:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Karlsruhe. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:02.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:31Running 1 3:43v median +0:04
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 5:07v median −0:07
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:17v median −0:18
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Block 04 10:01Running 4 5:10v median −0:27
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:23v median −0:26
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:14v median −0:22
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Block 07 11:29Running 7 5:12v median −0:26
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Block 08 15:00Running 8 4:32v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:40
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.