The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:30 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Alexandra Stöck & Thomas Stöck 138th of 215 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:20. A harder second half: 1:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:44Running 1 4:34v median +0:19
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 6:18v median +0:17
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 6:21v median +0:05
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Block 04 11:14Running 4 6:31v median +0:09
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Block 05 11:55Running 5 6:44v median +0:13
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Block 06 8:43Running 6 6:38v median +0:12
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Block 07 12:06Running 7 6:38v median +0:07
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Block 08 11:06Running 8 5:25v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
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.