The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Charles Sanders finished 575th of 616 men in the Open division at Phoenix 2026, in 2:08:51.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 12:03. A harder second half: 14:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:23 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
The field ran 4:35 faster at Phoenix 2026 than at Anaheim 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:38Running 1 6:49v median +1:49
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Block 02 9:48Running 2 6:54v median +1:46
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Block 03 12:05Running 3 7:29v median +1:54
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Block 04 15:20Running 4 7:44v median +2:11
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Block 05 12:55Running 5 7:41v median +1:54
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Block 06 9:55Running 6 7:20v median +1:41
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Block 07 24:35Running 7 7:01v median +1:21
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Block 08 21:18Running 8 10:22v median +4:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:23
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.