The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nils Lüdcke finished 819th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:46:56.
The stations carried this race: faster than 47% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:52. Stronger after halfway: 2:29 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a slow day in Karlsruhe. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:02.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 3:54v median +0:09
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Block 02 11:02Running 2 8:26v median +3:06
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Block 03 14:40Running 3 9:20v median +3:34
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Block 04 14:29Running 4 9:07v median +3:19
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Block 05 14:58Running 5 9:56v median +3:50
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Block 06 12:03Running 6 9:11v median +3:15
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Block 07 10:20Running 7 4:07v median −1:49
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 5:34v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:02
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.