The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Catalin Botezan finished 834th of 859 men in the Open division at Katowice 2026, in 2:05:51.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:07. The race faded late: the second half went 8:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:38 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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 0:06 on Barcelona 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:01Running 1 6:39v median +1:18
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Block 02 10:11Running 2 6:56v median +1:56
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Block 03 14:37Running 3 7:51v median +2:30
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Block 04 15:48Running 4 7:42v median +2:19
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Block 05 13:37Running 5 8:09v median +2:31
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Block 06 10:27Running 6 8:03v median +2:37
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Block 07 16:42Running 7 8:30v median +3:05
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Block 08 22:59Running 8 10:28v median +4:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:38
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.