The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shannon Illig & Jaedon Payne finished 838th of 1,438 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, in 1:32:00.
Legs and stations told different stories: 60% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:54 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Salt Lake City cost the whole field time: about 2:13 more than the average race this season, going by 474 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:30Running 1 2:59v median −0:38
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 5:22v median −0:37
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Block 03 11:14Running 3 5:58v median −0:21
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Block 04 11:23Running 4 6:07v median −0:11
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Block 05 11:25Running 5 6:22v median −0:05
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 6:26v median +0:08
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Block 07 12:24Running 7 6:19v median −0:01
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Block 08 12:54Running 8 6:16v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 1410
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,410 mixed teams who finished.