The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, Christian Lorenz & Claudia Merkel crossed the line in 1:10:59: 37th of 215 mixed teams, faster than 83% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:01 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:28 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:23, was faster than 86% of the field.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:42 more than the average race this season, going by 520 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:33Running 1 3:30v median −0:45
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Block 02 7:26Running 2 5:20v median −0:41
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Block 03 8:46Running 3 5:30v median −0:46
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Block 04 8:40Running 4 5:28v median −0:54
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:32v median −0:59
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 5:25v median −1:01
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Block 07 8:35Running 7 5:28v median −1:03
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Block 08 8:31Running 8 4:35v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:23
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 196
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 196 mixed teams who finished.