The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James McGuinness finished in the top 10% of the field at Katowice 2026, in 1:06:09 for 43rd of 859 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:35 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:30 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 2:57, was faster than 96% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Katowice gained about 1:43. An improvement of 5:46 on Gent 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:04Running 1 4:33v median −0:48
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Block 02 6:32Running 2 4:14v median −0:46
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Block 03 7:34Running 3 4:14v median −1:07
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Block 04 8:04Running 4 4:17v median −1:06
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Block 05 8:53Running 5 4:24v median −1:14
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Block 06 5:49Running 6 4:18v median −1:08
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Block 07 8:40Running 7 4:35v median −0:50
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Block 08 8:42Running 8 4:53v median −1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:57
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 849
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 849 men who finished.