The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jörn Becker finished 226th of 321 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:36:30.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:34 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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. That was 0:40 off the time at Athens 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:58Running 1 3:37v median −0:02
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 5:22v median +0:08
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 5:57v median +0:22
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Block 04 13:13Running 4 5:59v median +0:22
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:23v median +0:34
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 6:02v median +0:26
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Block 07 12:37Running 7 6:29v median +0:51
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Block 08 18:36Running 8 5:17v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:51
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.