The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Denk finished 639th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:35:08.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:00 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:19 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 7:35Running 1 3:16v median −0:29
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Block 02 9:06Running 2 5:06v median −0:14
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Block 03 10:51Running 3 5:19v median −0:27
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Block 04 15:27Running 4 5:39v median −0:09
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Block 05 11:15Running 5 6:06v median +0:00
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:50v median −0:06
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Block 07 11:54Running 7 5:47v median −0:09
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Block 08 13:18Running 8 5:18v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:40
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.