The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mareike Floegel & Mark Maleschka finished 386th of 586 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:28:54.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:22. A harder second half: 1:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Karlsruhe cost the whole field time: about 1:42 more than the average race this season, going by 520 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:45Running 1 4:22v median +0:16
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Block 02 8:37Running 2 5:54v median +0:03
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 6:22v median +0:11
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 6:22v median +0:03
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 6:19v median −0:15
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 6:19v median −0:15
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Block 07 11:58Running 7 6:29v median −0:11
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Block 08 12:20Running 8 5:24v median −0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:19
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 407
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 407 mixed teams who finished.