The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:02:45 at Salt Lake City 2026 put Sam Johnson 332nd of 349 men in the Pro division.
A station race more than a running one: 38% of the field beaten on the stations, against 2% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:48 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:26 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 7:24Running 1 3:00v median +0:19
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Block 02 9:30Running 2 5:23v median +0:53
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Block 03 15:51Running 3 9:44v median +4:44
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Block 04 18:21Running 4 12:46v median +7:49
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Block 05 17:45Running 5 12:53v median +7:50
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Block 06 5:57Running 6 3:43v median −1:12
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Block 07 20:44Running 7 12:46v median +7:44
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Block 08 16:41Running 8 10:10v median +4:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:39
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.