The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:04 at Salt Lake City 2026 put Kevin Mendez 637th of 973 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 24% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:53. A harder second half: 2:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Salt Lake City ran slow: the 406 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:43 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:00Running 1 3:16v median +0:05
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Block 02 8:51Running 2 5:32v median +0:11
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Block 03 12:00Running 3 6:19v median +0:30
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Block 04 13:11Running 4 5:58v median +0:10
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 5:58v median +0:00
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 5:52v median +0:03
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Block 07 14:43Running 7 6:12v median +0:22
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Block 08 17:15Running 8 6:53v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:56
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.