The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:12 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Martin Pulfer 179th of 321 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 67% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:50 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Karlsruhe. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:02. 0:38 faster than at Berlin 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:28Running 1 3:40v median +0:01
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 5:04v median −0:10
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 5:04v median −0:31
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Block 04 10:48Running 4 5:09v median −0:28
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 5:23v median −0:26
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 5:16v median −0:20
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Block 07 12:44Running 7 5:27v median −0:11
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Block 08 15:24Running 8 4:49v median −0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:00
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.