The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paweł Bednarek & Michał Kotarski finished 316th of 349 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Katowice 2026, in 1:28:45.
A station race more than a running one: 52% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:36 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 11:08 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Katowice gave the field time back: about 2:02 faster than the average race this season, by 219 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:18Running 1 9:34v median +4:22
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Block 02 13:31Running 2 11:46v median +6:56
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 8:49v median +3:43
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Block 04 8:49Running 4 5:40v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:59v median +0:41
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:55v median +0:44
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Block 07 9:24Running 7 5:50v median +0:38
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Block 08 10:34Running 8 6:21v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:20
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 348
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 348 men's teams who finished.