The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco Garcia finished 900th of 973 men in the Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, in 2:11:58.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 7:17 behind the median. A harder second half: 11:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 14:57 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:21Running 1 4:00v median +0:49
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Block 02 10:34Running 2 6:18v median +0:57
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Block 03 13:57Running 3 6:53v median +1:04
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Block 04 15:50Running 4 6:55v median +1:07
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Block 05 13:43Running 5 7:17v median +1:19
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Block 06 12:35Running 6 8:49v median +3:00
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Block 07 16:29Running 7 7:24v median +1:34
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Block 08 24:39Running 8 9:15v median +2:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:57
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.