The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:51:01 at Salt Lake City 2026 put Ben Watt 742nd of 973 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:38 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:14 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 7:58Running 1 3:19v median +0:08
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 5:49v median +0:28
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Block 03 11:59Running 3 6:11v median +0:22
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Block 04 14:07Running 4 5:52v median +0:04
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Block 05 11:28Running 5 6:15v median +0:17
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Block 06 8:16Running 6 6:02v median +0:13
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Block 07 13:23Running 7 6:00v median +0:10
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Block 08 20:42Running 8 6:57v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:04
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.