The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:14 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Ben Veith 712th of 1,003 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 19% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:20. A harder second half: 2:07 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:57Running 1 4:42v median +0:57
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Block 02 9:34Running 2 6:44v median +1:24
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Block 03 10:46Running 3 6:54v median +1:08
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Block 04 13:25Running 4 7:17v median +1:29
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Block 05 12:21Running 5 7:29v median +1:23
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 7:13v median +1:17
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Block 07 14:40Running 7 6:59v median +1:03
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Block 08 12:14Running 8 5:42v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:15
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.