The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:34 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Verena Renz 108th of 172 women in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 55% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:42 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:04 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 3:02 more than the average race this season, going by 376 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:28Running 1 5:51v median +1:27
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Block 02 9:25Running 2 5:52v median −0:15
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Block 03 14:39Running 3 6:20v median −0:05
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Block 04 15:09Running 4 6:22v median −0:06
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Block 05 12:22Running 5 6:28v median −0:17
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 6:11v median −0:24
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Block 07 12:16Running 7 6:09v median −0:24
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Block 08 13:29Running 8 5:23v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:33
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.