The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Wirbel & Kristen O’Sullivan finished 888th of 1,438 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Salt Lake City 2026, in 1:33:22.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:32. A harder second half: 1:45 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 8:27Running 1 3:31v median −0:06
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 5:59v median +0:00
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Block 03 10:20Running 3 6:08v median −0:11
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Block 04 11:27Running 4 6:18v median +0:00
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 6:10v median −0:17
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Block 06 8:19Running 6 6:26v median +0:08
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Block 07 9:28Running 7 6:20v median +0:00
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Block 08 13:29Running 8 6:01v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:15
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.