The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:55:03 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Stephan Wenzel 898th of 1,003 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:10 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:11 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
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 10:58Running 1 6:36v median +2:51
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Block 02 9:47Running 2 6:09v median +0:49
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Block 03 12:06Running 3 6:39v median +0:53
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Block 04 17:04Running 4 6:55v median +1:07
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Block 05 13:01Running 5 7:56v median +1:50
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Block 06 10:16Running 6 7:47v median +1:51
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Block 07 18:16Running 7 7:45v median +1:49
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Block 08 15:32Running 8 8:02v median +2:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:11
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.