The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Watson finished 314th of 322 men in the Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, in 2:25:25.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:03 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 16:16 in the roxzone was slower than 93% 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 8:29Running 1 3:36v median +0:33
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Block 02 14:37Running 2 7:02v median +1:49
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Block 03 15:20Running 3 7:37v median +1:53
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Block 04 20:02Running 4 7:46v median +2:02
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Block 05 13:45Running 5 7:44v median +1:47
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Block 06 9:54Running 6 7:42v median +1:59
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Block 07 19:33Running 7 7:48v median +2:04
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Block 08 27:38Running 8 10:23v median +4:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:16
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.