The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:46:54 at Salt Lake City 2026 put Paul Gaerte 685th of 973 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:57. The race faded late: the second half went 1:09 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 8:30Running 1 3:29v median +0:18
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 5:52v median +0:31
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Block 03 12:28Running 3 6:24v median +0:35
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Block 04 13:07Running 4 6:11v median +0:23
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:21v median +0:23
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 6:29v median +0:40
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Block 07 14:04Running 7 6:29v median +0:39
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Block 08 17:19Running 8 7:33v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:04
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.