The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Schulz & Merle Meyer finished 452nd of 586 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:34:44.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:02. A harder second half: 5:58 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 8:33Running 1 4:20v median +0:14
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Block 02 8:18Running 2 6:15v median +0:24
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Block 03 10:46Running 3 6:54v median +0:43
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Block 04 11:39Running 4 6:51v median +0:32
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Block 05 12:36Running 5 7:50v median +1:16
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Block 06 12:03Running 6 10:26v median +3:52
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Block 07 12:24Running 7 8:26v median +1:46
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Block 08 12:04Running 8 6:50v median +1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:30
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.