The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:01 at Salt Lake City 2026 put Marcelo Kirk 267th of 349 men in the Pro division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:25 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:33Running 1 4:58v median +2:17
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Block 02 10:02Running 2 4:20v median −0:10
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Block 03 12:54Running 3 5:23v median +0:23
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Block 04 7:54Running 4 4:33v median −0:24
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 4:53v median −0:10
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Block 06 7:03Running 6 4:51v median −0:04
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 5:00v median −0:02
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Block 08 22:23Running 8 5:23v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:52
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.