The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steve Michels finished in the top 10% of the field at Salt Lake City 2026, in 1:13:03 for 18th of 322 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:11 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:02 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 7:20, was faster than 90% of the field.
This was a slow day in Salt Lake City. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:44.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:15Running 1 2:44v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 4:27v median −0:46
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 4:45v median −0:59
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Block 04 7:59Running 4 4:40v median −1:04
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 4:31v median −1:26
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Block 06 6:29Running 6 4:40v median −1:03
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Block 07 8:02Running 7 4:51v median −0:53
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Block 08 9:51Running 8 4:50v median −1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:20
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 317
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 317 men who finished.