The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Townsend finished 547th of 616 men in the Open division at Phoenix 2026, in 1:58:55.
The stations carried this race: faster than 26% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:53 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:29Running 1 6:43v median +1:43
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Block 02 9:30Running 2 6:30v median +1:22
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Block 03 12:35Running 3 7:12v median +1:37
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Block 04 13:46Running 4 7:25v median +1:52
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Block 05 14:49Running 5 8:37v median +2:50
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Block 06 11:04Running 6 8:18v median +2:39
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Block 07 15:18Running 7 9:01v median +3:21
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Block 08 20:30Running 8 11:11v median +4:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:03
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 608
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 608 men who finished.