The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Thorsten Eckert at Karlsruhe 2026: 1:08:37, 56th of 1,003 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:42 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:26 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 3:54, ahead of 96% of the field.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:02 more than the average race this season, going by 835 athletes who raced both. That was 3:35 off the time at Paris 1 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:17Running 1 3:04v median −0:41
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:21v median −0:59
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Block 03 8:42Running 3 4:29v median −1:17
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Block 04 8:49Running 4 4:33v median −1:15
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:43v median −1:23
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Block 06 6:03Running 6 4:30v median −1:26
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Block 07 8:33Running 7 4:35v median −1:21
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Block 08 8:49Running 8 3:52v median −1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:54
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 720
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 720 men who finished.