The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jakub Szmit & Karolina Dudzińska finished 472nd of 488 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Katowice 2026, in 1:47:58.
A station race more than a running one: 23% of the field beaten on the stations, against 2% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 7:28 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
Katowice gave the field time back: about 1:52 faster than the average race this season, by 260 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:00Running 1 7:11v median +1:31
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Block 02 10:04Running 2 8:20v median +3:02
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Block 03 13:15Running 3 9:14v median +3:41
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Block 04 12:37Running 4 8:15v median +2:44
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Block 05 13:44Running 5 9:12v median +3:29
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Block 06 10:56Running 6 8:33v median +2:56
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Block 07 13:32Running 7 9:26v median +3:47
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Block 08 14:31Running 8 9:27v median +3:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 486
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 486 mixed teams who finished.