The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Katowice 2026, Caroline Isaacs Smith & SONIA RYAN crossed the line in 1:24:09: 122nd of 255 women's teams, faster than 52% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 67% of the field across all eight, against 39% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Katowice gained about 3:13.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:10Running 1 5:40v median −0:42
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 6:43v median +0:47
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Block 03 9:36Running 3 6:17v median +0:03
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Block 04 10:38Running 4 6:27v median +0:16
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 6:31v median +0:09
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 7:04v median +0:52
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Block 07 10:30Running 7 7:01v median +0:46
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Block 08 10:52Running 8 6:58v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:14
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 254
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 254 women's teams who finished.