The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dennis Schmitz finished 724th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:39:11.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:21. The race faded late: the second half went 8:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:13Running 1 3:44v median −0:01
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Block 02 9:00Running 2 5:07v median −0:13
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 5:56v median +0:10
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Block 04 12:56Running 4 5:46v median −0:02
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 6:27v median +0:21
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Block 06 10:06Running 6 7:51v median +1:55
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Block 07 13:10Running 7 6:04v median +0:08
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Block 08 17:52Running 8 7:52v median +2:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:06
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.