The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Benjamin Buckingham at Salt Lake City 2026: 1:15:19, 86th of 973 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:53 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:06 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 7:10, was faster than 91% of the field.
Salt Lake City cost the whole field time: about 2:43 more than the average race this season, going by 406 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:50Running 1 2:38v median −0:33
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Block 02 6:47Running 2 4:25v median −0:56
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Block 03 8:18Running 3 4:53v median −0:56
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Block 04 9:46Running 4 4:45v median −1:03
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Block 05 9:12Running 5 4:43v median −1:15
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 4:53v median −0:56
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Block 07 9:17Running 7 4:44v median −1:06
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Block 08 11:15Running 8 5:01v median −1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 950
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 950 men who finished.