The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, Brad Birney & Joshua Tefft crossed the line in 1:21:42: 219th of 458 men's teams, faster than 52% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 82% of the field across all eight, against 35% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:56 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 6:30Running 1 2:19v median −1:03
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Block 02 7:42Running 2 6:00v median +0:24
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Block 03 8:57Running 3 6:19v median +0:21
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Block 04 9:35Running 4 6:10v median +0:11
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Block 05 13:53Running 5 9:43v median +3:37
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Block 06 7:14Running 6 5:49v median −0:10
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Block 07 9:06Running 7 6:23v median +0:21
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Block 08 10:15Running 8 6:24v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:37
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.