The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gilles Schmidt finished 730th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:39:37.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 1:51 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:50 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:21, behind 87% of the field.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:02 more than the average race this season, going by 835 athletes who raced both. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Gilles Schmidt.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:03Running 1 3:27v median −0:18
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Block 02 10:37Running 2 5:38v median +0:18
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Block 03 11:58Running 3 6:27v median +0:41
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Block 04 10:20Running 4 6:08v median +0:20
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Block 05 11:35Running 5 6:24v median +0:18
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Block 06 9:05Running 6 6:14v median +0:18
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Block 07 13:20Running 7 6:15v median +0:19
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Block 08 16:25Running 8 7:40v median +2:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:21
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.