The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Seltmann finished 615th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:33:48.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:03 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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. That was 1:49 off the time at Berlin 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:38Running 1 3:57v median +0:12
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Block 02 9:32Running 2 5:25v median +0:05
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 5:37v median −0:09
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Block 04 12:16Running 4 5:57v median +0:09
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Block 05 11:05Running 5 5:53v median −0:13
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Block 06 8:51Running 6 5:56v median +0:00
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 5:58v median +0:02
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Block 08 14:16Running 8 5:34v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:06
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.