The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hongshan Xu finished 159th of 172 women in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 2:07:29.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 3:45 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:25 in the roxzone was slower than 93% 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 10:19Running 1 4:18v median −0:06
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Block 02 11:34Running 2 8:22v median +2:15
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Block 03 16:46Running 3 7:24v median +0:59
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Block 04 18:29Running 4 9:53v median +3:25
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Block 05 16:16Running 5 10:18v median +3:33
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Block 06 12:33Running 6 9:50v median +3:15
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Block 07 15:33Running 7 9:39v median +3:06
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Block 08 16:43Running 8 6:51v median +1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:25
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.