The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Letzgus finished 740th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:40:03.
The runs carried this race: faster than 46% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:45. The race faded late: the second half went 10:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 2:49 faster at Karlsruhe 2026 than at Karlsruhe 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 3:17v median −0:28
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 4:55v median −0:25
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Block 03 11:06Running 3 5:44v median −0:02
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Block 04 12:43Running 4 5:58v median +0:10
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Block 05 11:29Running 5 6:23v median +0:17
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Block 06 8:53Running 6 6:11v median +0:15
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Block 07 14:48Running 7 6:21v median +0:25
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Block 08 19:18Running 8 5:54v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:48
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.