The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nicolas Kopp finished 190th of 321 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:32:14.
A station race more than a running one: 53% of the field beaten on the stations, against 27% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:38 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:42 better 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 8:17Running 1 4:00v median +0:21
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Block 02 9:54Running 2 6:05v median +0:51
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Block 03 10:49Running 3 6:23v median +0:48
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Block 04 12:06Running 4 6:11v median +0:34
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Block 05 11:19Running 5 6:32v median +0:43
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 6:20v median +0:44
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Block 07 13:16Running 7 6:25v median +0:47
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Block 08 12:05Running 8 5:46v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:07
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.