The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthias Kirchberger & Ken Buchholz finished 43rd of 155 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:10:20, faster than 72% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 94% of the field beaten on the stations, against 57% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:09 on the median. A harder second half: 1:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:43Running 1 3:55v median +0:07
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 5:23v median −0:02
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Block 03 8:26Running 3 5:37v median −0:03
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Block 04 7:56Running 4 5:42v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:48v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:45v median +0:16
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Block 07 8:50Running 7 6:00v median +0:26
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Block 08 8:46Running 8 4:37v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:40
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 34
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 34 men's teams who finished.