The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aik Dr. Wirsbinna finished 602nd of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:33:21.
A station race more than a running one: 58% of the field beaten on the stations, against 27% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the farmers carry: 1:14 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:38 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 8:20Running 1 3:57v median +0:12
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Block 02 11:46Running 2 8:42v median +3:22
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 5:55v median +0:09
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Block 04 12:54Running 4 6:11v median +0:23
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Block 05 11:36Running 5 6:37v median +0:31
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 6:15v median +0:19
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 6:13v median +0:17
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Block 08 12:23Running 8 5:14v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:05
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.