The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lukas Grobosch finished 568th of 859 men in the Open division at Katowice 2026, in 1:31:30.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:25. The race faded late: the second half went 1:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Katowice gained about 1:43. 2:06 faster than at Gent 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:05Running 1 6:10v median +0:49
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 5:32v median +0:32
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Block 03 10:35Running 3 5:33v median +0:12
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Block 04 11:39Running 4 5:36v median +0:13
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 5:56v median +0:18
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Block 06 8:39Running 6 5:58v median +0:32
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Block 07 12:45Running 7 6:13v median +0:48
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Block 08 13:29Running 8 6:26v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:11
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.