The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:56:18 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Julian Birkelbach 908th of 1,003 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:16 behind the median.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:02 more than the average race this season, going by 835 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:51Running 1 3:59v median +0:14
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 5:36v median +0:16
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Block 03 14:07Running 3 7:02v median +1:16
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Block 04 20:10Running 4 6:38v median +0:50
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Block 05 13:20Running 5 7:27v median +1:21
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 5:58v median +0:02
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Block 07 13:38Running 7 6:05v median +0:09
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Block 08 21:59Running 8 5:04v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:47
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.