The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon Heck finished 184th of 321 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:31:41.
The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 32% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:17 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:21 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:02 more than the average race this season, going by 835 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:02Running 1 5:40v median +2:01
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Block 02 10:00Running 2 5:35v median +0:21
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Block 03 11:04Running 3 5:31v median −0:04
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 5:25v median −0:12
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Block 05 10:42Running 5 5:48v median −0:01
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 5:46v median +0:10
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Block 07 10:43Running 7 5:49v median +0:11
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Block 08 14:07Running 8 6:54v median +1:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:03
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.