The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samuel Grimm finished 211th of 322 men in the Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, in 1:40:48.
A station race more than a running one: 45% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:27. The race faded late: the second half went 3:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Salt Lake City cost the whole field time: about 2:44 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 8:02Running 1 3:20v median +0:17
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 5:25v median +0:12
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Block 03 11:31Running 3 6:24v median +0:40
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Block 04 13:49Running 4 6:46v median +1:02
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 6:57v median +1:00
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:39v median +0:56
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Block 07 13:45Running 7 6:41v median +0:57
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Block 08 15:40Running 8 7:15v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:11
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.