The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Krzysztof Śmierzyński finished 855th of 859 men in the Open division at Katowice 2026, in 2:24:20.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:13 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 17:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:56, behind 92% of the field.
The field ran 3:45 faster at Katowice 2026 than at Poznan 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:20Running 1 7:52v median +2:31
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Block 02 11:12Running 2 7:38v median +2:38
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Block 03 14:46Running 3 8:24v median +3:03
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Block 04 18:52Running 4 8:23v median +3:00
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Block 05 15:35Running 5 9:51v median +4:13
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Block 06 13:15Running 6 10:49v median +5:23
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Block 07 22:33Running 7 10:13v median +4:48
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Block 08 26:00Running 8 16:49v median +10:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:56
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.