The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rafaela Von Ostrowski finished 337th of 490 women in the Open division at Karlsruhe 2026, in 1:47:45.
Legs and stations told different stories: 30% of the field beaten on the runs, 3% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the farmers carry, 1:09 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:16 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Karlsruhe. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 3:02. 4:02 slower than at Stuttgart 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:40Running 1 4:11v median −0:05
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Block 02 12:08Running 2 9:04v median +3:00
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Block 03 13:21Running 3 6:36v median +0:15
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Block 04 15:06Running 4 7:01v median +0:40
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Block 05 13:36Running 5 7:54v median +1:16
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Block 06 10:53Running 6 7:23v median +0:56
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Block 07 13:08Running 7 7:10v median +0:40
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Block 08 12:49Running 8 5:48v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:12
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 275
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 275 women who finished.