The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco Ortega finished 608th of 973 men in the Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, in 1:41:25.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:32 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:07 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:40 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Salt Lake City cost the whole field time: about 2:44 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 8:10Running 1 3:06v median −0:05
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Block 02 13:09Running 2 9:20v median +3:59
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Block 03 11:15Running 3 5:24v median −0:25
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Block 04 11:35Running 4 5:46v median −0:02
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Block 05 11:24Running 5 6:13v median +0:15
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Block 06 9:31Running 6 6:27v median +0:38
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Block 07 13:08Running 7 6:23v median +0:33
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Block 08 13:28Running 8 7:53v median +1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:53
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.