The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laura D'Arca finished 29th of 172 women in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:25:38, faster than 83% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 90% of the field beaten on the runs, 63% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:56 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:02, was faster than 89% of the field.
Karlsruhe ran slow: the 376 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:02 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:34Running 1 3:23v median −1:01
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 5:10v median −0:57
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Block 03 10:32Running 3 5:22v median −1:03
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Block 04 11:52Running 4 5:43v median −0:45
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 5:41v median −1:04
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 5:39v median −0:56
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 5:34v median −0:59
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Block 08 11:14Running 8 4:53v median −0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:02
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 167
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 167 women who finished.