The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:16:22 at Salt Lake City 2026 put Nathan Mesa 916th of 973 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 7:34. The race faded late: the second half went 21:57 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 15:31, behind 89% 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 8:54Running 1 3:44v median +0:33
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Block 02 9:38Running 2 6:16v median +0:55
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Block 03 12:38Running 3 6:39v median +0:50
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Block 04 16:30Running 4 6:40v median +0:52
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Block 05 13:23Running 5 7:30v median +1:32
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Block 06 10:22Running 6 8:02v median +2:13
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Block 07 21:35Running 7 8:23v median +2:33
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Block 08 27:59Running 8 13:59v median +7:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:31
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.