"It feels awesome." - Alex Anderson (on his first career event win)

Lucas Parker had the "power of the beard" early in the first heat, his time of 6:36 held up until Scott Panchik set a new event record time of 6:08 in heat 3. However, it was Alex Anderson who ended up taking the event win with a time of 5:21. The win moves him into second place going into the last event of the day. Lucas Parker ended up finishing sixth in the event, Scott Panchik finishing third.

It's worth noting Garret Fisher's performance in heat 2. He finished in 6th overall, even beating out Sam Dancer. Fisher was on pace to beat the then-standing event record set by Parker, but he missed his final attempt. "I'm at the bottom of the leaderboard right now, so I'm just having fun right now." He said after the event. He will move up on the leaderboard from 30th to 18th overall.

Scott Panchik's performance also deserves more than just being acknowledged as knocking out Parker's lead. He held the lead in his heat, and remains one of the most consistent athletes competing this week. His finish moves him up from 13th to 7th place overall.

Fraser did exactly what he needed to do to keep his first place spot on the leaderboard. While he didn't take the event win, he stayed ahead of Josh Bridges and Brent Fikowski who both sat closely. Bridges finished 24th, moving down to fifth place overall. Fikowski finished 39th, moving down to ninth place overall.

Leaderboard (Men):

1. (492) Mathew Fraser
2. (388) Alex Anderson
3. (380) Ben Smith
4. (352) Josh Bridges
5. (352) Alex Vigneault
6. (344) Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson
7. (332) Scott Panchik
8. (328) Patrick Vellner
9. (316) Brent Fikowski
10. (314) Travis Mayer
11. (296) Noah Ohlsen
12. (294) Lukas Högberg
13. (292) Jacob Heppner
14. (274) Travis Williams
15. (256) Lukas Esslinger
16. (246) Sam Dancer
17. (246) Ben Stoneberg
18. (242) Garret Fisher
19. (242) Samuel Kwant
20. (238) Cole Sager
21. (234) Lucas Parker
22. (232) Rasmus Wisbech Andersen
23. (232) Marcus Filly
24. (218) Khan Porter
25. (218) Spencer Hendel
26. (218) Rob Forte
27. (206) Albert-Dominic Larouche
28. (204) Jacob Anderson
29. (204) Christian Lucero
30. (200) Adrian Mundwiler
31. (194) Sean Sweeney
32. (192) Mitchell Sinnamon
33. (182) James Newbury
34. (174) Zak Carchedi
35. (174) Logan Collins
36. (172) Gary Helmick
37. (162) Roy Gamboa
38. (156) Joseph Guesnier
39. (132) Zeke Grove
40. (142) Jonne Koski

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Photo Credit: Alex Anderson Instagram (@alexanderson29)