The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Viliam Sykora finished 723rd of 859 men in the Open division at Katowice 2026, in 1:42:47.
The runs carried this race: faster than 50% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 5:06 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:38 better 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:42Running 1 5:21v median +0:00
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Block 02 12:29Running 2 4:54v median −0:06
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 5:00v median −0:21
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Block 04 14:41Running 4 5:28v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:25v median −0:13
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:31v median +0:05
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Block 07 12:03Running 7 5:33v median +0:08
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Block 08 17:03Running 8 6:38v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:17
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.