The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:46 at Karlsruhe 2026 put Volker Ley 718th of 1,003 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 45% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 19% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:13. A harder second half: 10:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Karlsruhe ran slow: the 835 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:02 slower here than at their other races. 1:41 slower than at Cologne 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:28Running 1 3:45v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:02Running 2 5:19v median −0:01
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 5:45v median −0:01
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Block 04 12:32Running 4 5:55v median +0:07
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Block 05 11:55Running 5 6:30v median +0:24
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Block 06 9:15Running 6 6:03v median +0:07
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Block 07 11:59Running 7 6:05v median +0:09
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Block 08 20:34Running 8 5:42v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:02
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.