The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:56:06 at Salt Lake City 2026 put McKenzie Sims 799th of 973 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 38% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:34 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:55 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 8:22Running 1 3:24v median +0:13
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Block 02 9:37Running 2 5:33v median +0:12
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Block 03 13:36Running 3 6:44v median +0:55
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Block 04 13:38Running 4 6:13v median +0:25
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Block 05 12:12Running 5 7:00v median +1:02
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 6:13v median +0:24
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Block 07 16:52Running 7 5:40v median −0:10
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Block 08 19:53Running 8 6:53v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:37
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.