The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:13 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Louay Baalaoui 511th of 1,003 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 71% of the field beaten on the runs, 31% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:25. The race faded late: the second half went 1:16 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 8:06Running 1 3:28v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 4:47v median −0:33
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Block 03 11:43Running 3 5:44v median −0:02
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Block 04 11:17Running 4 5:34v median −0:14
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:29v median −0:37
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:10v median −0:46
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Block 07 10:51Running 7 5:04v median −0:52
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Block 08 15:45Running 8 4:41v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:46
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.