The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Charles Ruderman finished 781st of 973 men in the Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, in 1:54:10.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 7:37 behind the median. A harder second half: 11:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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. The fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division for Charles Ruderman.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 3:31v median +0:20
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Block 02 10:31Running 2 5:43v median +0:22
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Block 03 12:11Running 3 5:55v median +0:06
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Block 04 11:37Running 4 5:48v median +0:00
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Block 05 11:59Running 5 6:22v median +0:24
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 6:17v median +0:28
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Block 07 15:11Running 7 6:39v median +0:49
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Block 08 23:22Running 8 7:38v median +1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:30
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.