The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:23:08 at Salt Lake City 2026 put Aaron Rubenstein 937th of 973 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 9:04. A harder second half: 19:07 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 2:44 slower here than at their other races. That was 5:21 off the time at Las Vegas 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:40Running 1 4:10v median +0:59
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Block 02 10:24Running 2 7:03v median +1:42
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Block 03 13:52Running 3 7:41v median +1:52
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Block 04 18:29Running 4 8:29v median +2:41
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Block 05 16:03Running 5 9:48v median +3:50
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Block 06 10:17Running 6 7:53v median +2:04
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Block 07 24:28Running 7 9:46v median +3:56
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Block 08 27:06Running 8 11:14v median +4:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:58
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.