The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Vines & Andrew Kavanagh finished 335th of 349 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Katowice 2026, in 1:34:55.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:37. The race faded late: the second half went 6:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:29 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
Katowice ran fast: the 219 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:02 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:27Running 1 6:23v median +1:11
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Block 02 8:20Running 2 5:58v median +1:08
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Block 03 9:31Running 3 6:26v median +1:20
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Block 04 8:52Running 4 6:26v median +1:17
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 7:23v median +2:05
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Block 06 9:43Running 6 7:15v median +2:04
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Block 07 12:49Running 7 6:51v median +1:39
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Block 08 12:59Running 8 8:29v median +3:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:29
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.