The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sarah Biedert & Gabor Biedert finished 135th of 215 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:28:14.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:46 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:50Running 1 3:42v median −0:33
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 5:57v median −0:04
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Block 03 10:43Running 3 6:21v median +0:05
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Block 04 11:45Running 4 6:24v median +0:02
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Block 05 11:31Running 5 6:40v median +0:09
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 6:30v median +0:04
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 6:00v median −0:31
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Block 08 12:12Running 8 5:01v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
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.