The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Torben Baptist finished 579th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:32:31.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 29% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 4:15 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:22Running 1 3:45v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 5:19v median −0:01
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Block 03 11:05Running 3 5:34v median −0:12
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Block 04 11:13Running 4 5:31v median −0:17
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:52v median −0:14
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Block 06 8:35Running 6 5:48v median −0:08
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Block 07 10:51Running 7 5:37v median −0:19
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Block 08 16:47Running 8 4:53v median −0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:22
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.