The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Carlos Gardea finished 521st of 973 men in the Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, in 1:36:39.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:46 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:38 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Salt Lake City cost the whole field time: about 2:43 more than the average race this season, going by 406 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:57Running 1 2:58v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 4:57v median −0:24
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 5:07v median −0:42
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Block 04 11:50Running 4 5:19v median −0:29
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Block 05 16:15Running 5 11:19v median +5:21
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Block 06 6:54Running 6 4:51v median −0:58
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Block 07 12:41Running 7 5:17v median −0:33
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Block 08 13:19Running 8 5:28v median −0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:09
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.