The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Giedrė Buitvydė finished 283rd of 486 women in the Open division at Katowice 2026, in 1:34:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 35% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 1:53 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:21 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
Katowice ran fast: the 293 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:15 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:42Running 1 5:33v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:36Running 2 5:06v median −0:30
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Block 03 10:59Running 3 5:23v median −0:30
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Block 04 13:01Running 4 5:21v median −0:32
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 5:34v median −0:34
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:33v median −0:22
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 5:37v median −0:18
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Block 08 14:07Running 8 6:46v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:21
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.