The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, Hakan Varan & Jordon Henderson crossed the line in 1:12:33: 102nd of 458 men's teams, faster than 78% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 86% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 49% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:15 from the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:39 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Salt Lake City ran slow: the 214 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:00 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:15Running 1 3:07v median −0:15
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 4:43v median −0:53
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Block 03 8:26Running 3 5:02v median −0:56
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Block 04 7:46Running 4 4:42v median −1:17
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 4:59v median −1:07
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Block 06 6:15Running 6 4:48v median −1:11
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Block 07 8:46Running 7 5:06v median −0:56
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Block 08 9:53Running 8 5:12v median −0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 458
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 458 men's teams who finished.