The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nick Ward & Jake Lish finished 363rd of 458 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, in 1:33:49.
The runs carried this race: faster than 64% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 30% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 2:42. Paced to finish: the second half went 12:57 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:08Running 1 2:55v median −0:27
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Block 02 6:32Running 2 5:03v median −0:33
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Block 03 11:28Running 3 5:37v median −0:21
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Block 04 8:22Running 4 5:35v median −0:24
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:54v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 5:47v median −0:12
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Block 07 9:25Running 7 5:58v median −0:04
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Block 08 10:38Running 8 5:44v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 22:33
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.