The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Reiß finished 188th of 321 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:32:10.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:25 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:05Running 1 3:43v median +0:04
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Block 02 9:19Running 2 5:24v median +0:10
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Block 03 10:52Running 3 5:43v median +0:08
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Block 04 11:18Running 4 5:40v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:32v median −0:17
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 5:28v median −0:08
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Block 07 13:16Running 7 5:32v median −0:06
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Block 08 15:24Running 8 4:14v median −0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:22
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.