The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Bassett finished 519th of 973 men in the Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, in 1:36:36.
Legs and stations told different stories: 76% of the field beaten on the runs, 43% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 5:48 on the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:39.
Salt Lake City ran slow: the 406 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:44 slower here than at their other races. That was 2:28 off the time at Phoenix 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:00Running 1 2:47v median −0:24
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Block 02 8:33Running 2 4:49v median −0:32
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Block 03 10:56Running 3 5:05v median −0:44
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Block 04 5:19Running 4 5:14v median −0:34
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Block 05 10:36Running 5 5:14v median −0:44
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 5:08v median −0:41
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Block 07 10:54Running 7 5:05v median −0:45
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Block 08 18:30Running 8 5:44v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:48
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.