The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Troy Sperry finished 797th of 973 men in the Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, in 1:55:49.
A station race more than a running one: 35% of the field beaten on the stations, against 11% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:00 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:04 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 8:39Running 1 3:50v median +0:39
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Block 02 5:46Running 2 2:42v median −2:39
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Block 03 15:57Running 3 10:05v median +4:16
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Block 04 14:45Running 4 7:52v median +2:04
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Block 05 13:35Running 5 8:13v median +2:15
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Block 06 10:43Running 6 8:09v median +2:20
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Block 07 14:03Running 7 7:46v median +1:56
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Block 08 19:36Running 8 10:34v median +4:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:54
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.