The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Beda Koch finished 807th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:46:09.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:49. A harder second half: 1:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:00, behind 96% of the field.
Karlsruhe ran slow: the 835 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:02 slower here than at their other races. 20:51 faster than at Barcelona 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:16Running 1 6:22v median +2:37
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 5:47v median +0:27
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Block 03 10:48Running 3 6:15v median +0:29
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Block 04 13:56Running 4 6:12v median +0:24
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Block 05 12:11Running 5 6:45v median +0:39
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 6:39v median +0:43
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Block 07 13:50Running 7 5:40v median −0:16
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Block 08 16:07Running 8 7:30v median +2:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:00
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.