The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maciej Biela finished 773rd of 859 men in the Open division at Katowice 2026, in 1:49:05.
The stations carried this race: faster than 27% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:17 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
Katowice ran fast: the 713 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:43 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:23Running 1 6:17v median +0:56
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Block 02 7:53Running 2 5:43v median +0:43
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Block 03 13:26Running 3 7:18v median +1:57
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Block 04 14:26Running 4 7:57v median +2:34
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Block 05 13:42Running 5 8:14v median +2:36
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Block 06 9:52Running 6 7:29v median +2:03
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Block 07 14:00Running 7 8:01v median +2:36
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Block 08 16:15Running 8 9:53v median +3:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:17
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.