The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nathan Yu finished 525th of 973 men in the Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, in 1:36:42.
The runs carried this race: faster than 64% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 32% on the stations. On the sled push the field had the edge, by 2:02. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:39 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:12Running 1 3:13v median +0:02
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Block 02 10:46Running 2 5:45v median +0:24
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Block 03 11:38Running 3 5:32v median −0:17
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Block 04 11:20Running 4 5:25v median −0:23
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:30v median −0:28
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 5:11v median −0:38
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Block 07 10:22Running 7 5:19v median −0:31
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Block 08 15:54Running 8 5:55v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:20
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.