The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Koch finished 480th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:27:47, faster than 52% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 93% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:20. The race faded late: the second half went 3:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:02 more than the average race this season, going by 835 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:15Running 1 4:14v median +0:29
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 4:08v median −1:12
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Block 03 10:18Running 3 4:37v median −1:09
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 4:28v median −1:20
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 4:31v median −1:35
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Block 06 8:43Running 6 4:27v median −1:29
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Block 07 10:44Running 7 4:26v median −1:30
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Block 08 15:53Running 8 3:54v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:04
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.