The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mareike Diedrich took 3rd of 33 in the 45–49 age group at Katowice 2026, in 1:16:52.
A station race more than a running one: 99% of the field beaten on the stations, against 69% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 4:08 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:34 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 1:15. That was 3:45 off the time at Cologne 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:49Running 1 5:20v median −0:32
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 4:50v median −0:46
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Block 03 11:44Running 3 8:15v median +2:22
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Block 04 7:15Running 4 4:58v median −0:55
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 5:04v median −1:04
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Block 06 6:54Running 6 5:09v median −0:46
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Block 07 9:01Running 7 5:08v median −0:47
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Block 08 9:49Running 8 5:26v median −1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:00
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 483
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 483 women who finished.