The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niklas Jakob Bruckner finished 530th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:30:01.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:35 on the median. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:58. The race faded late: the second half went 1:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Karlsruhe ran slow: the 835 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:02 slower here than at their other races. 8:53 slower than at Verona 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 8:38Running 1 4:05v median +0:20
-
Block 02 9:24Running 2 5:39v median +0:19
-
Block 03 10:13Running 3 5:45v median −0:01
-
Block 04 11:18Running 4 5:48v median +0:00
-
Block 05 11:11Running 5 5:57v median −0:09
-
Block 06 8:24Running 6 5:52v median −0:04
-
Block 07 13:21Running 7 6:02v median +0:06
-
Block 08 12:06Running 8 5:02v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:34
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.