The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jonathan Oswald finished 980th of 1,003 men in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 2:13:34.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 12:18. A harder second half: 14:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:55, behind 91% of the field.
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 10:37Running 1 5:54v median +2:09
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Block 02 10:19Running 2 5:52v median +0:32
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Block 03 15:17Running 3 7:32v median +1:46
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Block 04 17:20Running 4 7:16v median +1:28
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Block 05 14:00Running 5 8:30v median +2:24
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Block 06 12:13Running 6 8:18v median +2:22
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Block 07 15:30Running 7 7:08v median +1:12
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Block 08 29:31Running 8 9:34v median +4:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:55
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.