The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:38:59 at Salt Lake City 2026 put Will Purcell 958th of 973 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 21:40 behind the median. A harder second half: 30:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 15:23 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
This was a slow day in Salt Lake City. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:43.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 4:22v median +1:11
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Block 02 10:57Running 2 8:14v median +2:53
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Block 03 15:04Running 3 8:57v median +3:08
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Block 04 17:51Running 4 8:58v median +3:10
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Block 05 15:48Running 5 9:20v median +3:22
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Block 06 11:41Running 6 9:25v median +3:36
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Block 07 37:57Running 7 10:39v median +4:49
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Block 08 25:00Running 8 10:09v median +3:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:23
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.