The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin Mertz finished 721st of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:38:57.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:23. A harder second half: 3:52 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 8:07Running 1 3:48v median +0:03
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 5:26v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:30Running 3 5:45v median −0:01
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Block 04 15:47Running 4 6:00v median +0:12
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:08v median +0:02
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 6:10v median +0:14
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Block 07 15:51Running 7 6:07v median +0:11
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Block 08 14:20Running 8 5:35v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:07
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.