The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jan Schumann finished 752nd of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:41:03.
The runs carried this race: faster than 44% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 13% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:07. A harder second half: 1:50 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. That was 14:55 off the time at Berlin 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:54Running 1 4:03v median +0:18
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Block 02 9:35Running 2 5:41v median +0:21
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Block 03 11:15Running 3 5:50v median +0:04
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Block 04 15:16Running 4 5:54v median +0:06
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Block 05 11:19Running 5 6:09v median +0:03
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 6:02v median +0:06
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Block 07 15:37Running 7 6:09v median +0:13
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Block 08 15:29Running 8 5:23v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:30
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.