The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ralph Beuel & Sandra Thieves-Beuel finished 197th of 215 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:45:27.
A station race more than a running one: 26% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. A harder second half: 6:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 7:50, behind 85% 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 9:16Running 1 5:05v median +0:50
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Block 02 10:31Running 2 7:56v median +1:55
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Block 03 12:05Running 3 8:21v median +2:05
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Block 04 12:47Running 4 8:24v median +2:02
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Block 05 13:48Running 5 8:59v median +2:28
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Block 06 11:13Running 6 9:17v median +2:51
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Block 07 14:57Running 7 9:49v median +3:18
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Block 08 13:06Running 8 7:33v median +2:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:50
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.