The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sebastian Retter finished 999th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 2:43:25.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 6:24 behind the median. A harder second half: 21:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:36 in the roxzone was slower than 98% of the field.
This was a slow day in Karlsruhe. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:02. That was 28:41 off the time at Cologne 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:29Running 1 7:10v median +3:25
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Block 02 13:26Running 2 7:02v median +1:42
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Block 03 17:24Running 3 7:36v median +1:50
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Block 04 20:37Running 4 8:25v median +2:37
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Block 05 15:06Running 5 8:39v median +2:33
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Block 06 17:41Running 6 9:58v median +4:02
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Block 07 19:34Running 7 11:50v median +5:54
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Block 08 35:40Running 8 25:05v median +19:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:36
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.