The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jan Kurek finished 666th of 859 men in the Open division at Katowice 2026, in 1:37:31.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:36. The race faded late: the second half went 4:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Katowice gave the field time back: about 1:43 faster than the average race this season, by 713 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:37Running 1 4:44v median −0:37
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 4:32v median −0:28
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Block 03 11:02Running 3 4:55v median −0:26
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Block 04 15:16Running 4 5:01v median −0:22
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:26v median −0:12
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Block 06 8:16Running 6 5:15v median −0:11
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Block 07 12:45Running 7 5:11v median −0:14
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Block 08 18:02Running 8 6:02v median −0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:10
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.