The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:26 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Christian Schmidt 240th of 321 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:55 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:30 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Karlsruhe ran slow: the 835 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:02 slower here than at their other races. That was 15:03 off the time at Riga 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:54Running 1 6:22v median +2:43
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Block 02 9:35Running 2 5:54v median +0:40
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Block 03 11:48Running 3 5:47v median +0:12
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Block 04 12:53Running 4 5:54v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:58v median +0:09
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 5:58v median +0:22
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Block 07 12:43Running 7 5:57v median +0:19
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Block 08 14:57Running 8 5:17v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:13
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.