The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Malik Key at Salt Lake City 2026: 1:05:42, 16th of 349 men in the Pro division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:39 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:57 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:54, was faster than 95% of the field.
Salt Lake City cost the whole field time: about 2:24 more than the average race this season, going by 169 athletes who raced both. That was 4:25 off the time at Houston 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:23Running 1 2:24v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 3:55v median −0:35
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Block 03 7:59Running 3 4:08v median −0:52
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Block 04 7:23Running 4 4:09v median −0:48
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Block 05 8:35Running 5 4:14v median −0:49
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Block 06 5:48Running 6 4:04v median −0:51
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Block 07 7:36Running 7 3:59v median −1:03
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Block 08 9:12Running 8 4:16v median −1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:54
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 346
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 346 men who finished.