The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rick Petzold finished 684th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:36:51.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:24 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:46 better 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:15Running 1 3:47v median +0:02
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Block 02 10:07Running 2 6:15v median +0:55
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Block 03 13:32Running 3 7:21v median +1:35
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Block 04 12:20Running 4 6:45v median +0:57
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Block 05 11:40Running 5 6:38v median +0:32
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Block 06 9:02Running 6 6:54v median +0:58
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Block 07 12:26Running 7 6:21v median +0:25
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Block 08 13:01Running 8 5:29v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:37
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.