The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mike Valley took 2nd of 21 in the 55–59 age group at Salt Lake City 2026, in 1:26:49.
The runs carried this race: faster than 79% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 47% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:31 behind the median.
The field ran 1:55 slower at Salt Lake City 2026 than at Chicago 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:03Running 1 3:15v median +0:04
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Block 02 8:03Running 2 5:06v median −0:15
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 5:10v median −0:39
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Block 04 10:36Running 4 5:05v median −0:43
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:03v median −0:55
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Block 06 6:51Running 6 4:50v median −0:59
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Block 07 10:37Running 7 4:55v median −0:55
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Block 08 14:36Running 8 4:58v median −1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:12
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 950
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 950 men who finished.