Złoty Maraton 45 km, by the numbers

The short way round the Golden Mountains, over the Lądek pass and down into Złoty Stok. Built from 801 finishes in 2026, checkpoint by checkpoint.

45.0 km · 28.0 mi
1,845 m gain · 1,845 m loss
Lądek-Zdrój, Poland
13 to 23°C in 2026
379 m to 897 mTap a stretch for its times

Orłowiec - Kościół km 33.5

On the stretch into this checkpoint the median finisher ran 16% slower than their average pace for the race.

Median finisher
5:32
You, 7:05 finish
5:32

The shading shows how the field's pace on each stretch compares with their own average for the race: rose is slower, blue is faster, and stretches close to average stay grey.

Where the field slows down

The slowest stretch is the one into Orłowiec - Kościół (km 34), where the median finisher ran 16% slower than their average pace for the race, 5h 32m into the race. The next hardest is the stretch into Przełęcz Lądecka (km 11). The course gives time back on the way into Meta, where the field ran 14% faster than their average pace for the race.

Median finish
7:04
hours, all finishers
Finish rate
97.7%
801 of 820 starters
Fastest 10%
5:30
finish under this
Women in the field
32.6%
share of finishers
Finish times, 2026

Where the finish times land

801 finish times, one bar per hour. The median finisher crosses the line in 7h 04m; the fastest 10% are done under 5h 30m.

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Most runners finished between 6 and 7 hours: 239 of them.

About 50% of finishers were faster than that.

CheckpointKmYou arrive
Przełęcz Lądecka10.71:42
Złoty Stok - Złoty Jar23.43:39
Orłowiec - Kościół33.55:32
Meta45.07:05

Your time is spread the way the median finisher spread theirs over this course, so the climbs and the night take their real share. Aid-station stops are included, as they are in the recorded splits.

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Checkpoints

When the median finisher reaches each checkpoint

The median finisher's real arrival at all 4 timed checkpoints, and how the field's pace moves segment by segment.

Show all 4 checkpoints as a table
CheckpointMedian arrivalField pace
Przełęcz LądeckaFly it10.7 km1:42average
Złoty Stok - Złoty JarFly it23.4 km3:392% faster
Orłowiec - KościółFly it33.5 km5:3216% slower
MetaFly it45.0 km7:0414% faster

Field pace compares the median finisher's pace on the stretch into each checkpoint with their own average for the whole race. Runners who missed a cutoff or dropped are not in the data (finishers only).

The course

The key climbs, a pacing plan matched to the terrain, and the whole route in 3D.

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Złoty Maraton 45 km questions

What is a typical Złoty Maraton 45 km finish time?

The median finish across 801 finishers (2026) is 7h 04m. The fastest 10% finish under 5h 30m; the slowest 10% finish after 8h 46m.

What percentage of runners finish Złoty Maraton 45 km?

97.7% across the 2026 edition (801 finishers from 820 starters).

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Methodology and sources

Split data: official per-runner checkpoint times for the 2026 Złoty Maraton 45 km, 801 finishers at 4 timed checkpoints. All split-derived figures describe finishers only. Runners who dropped or missed a cutoff do not appear in split data, so buffer statistics understate how tight cutoffs are for the full field. Medians are used throughout. Apart from the finish-time explorer, which scales the median finisher's splits to the time you pick, no figure on this page is modeled or extrapolated.