The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lars Bultink finished 707th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:38:07.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:25 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 10:44 worse 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. That was 8:45 off the time at EMEA London Olympia 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:53Running 1 3:33v median −0:12
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 5:04v median −0:16
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 5:37v median −0:09
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 5:44v median −0:04
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Block 05 11:03Running 5 5:51v median −0:15
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 5:52v median −0:04
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Block 07 13:42Running 7 6:00v median +0:04
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Block 08 21:06Running 8 5:02v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:23
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.