The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, Marc Rheinheimer crossed the line in 1:15:50: 173rd of 1,003 men, faster than 83% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:12 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 5:59 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Karlsruhe ran slow: the 835 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:02 slower here than at their other races. That was 1:16 off the time at Cologne 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:14Running 1 2:57v median −0:48
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 4:14v median −1:06
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 4:42v median −1:04
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Block 04 13:01Running 4 8:02v median +2:14
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Block 05 9:39Running 5 4:46v median −1:20
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Block 06 6:13Running 6 4:38v median −1:18
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Block 07 8:44Running 7 4:35v median −1:21
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Block 08 10:23Running 8 3:45v median −1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:34
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.