The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Mitchell Simpkins at Ottawa 2026: 1:11:59, 20th of 281 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:44 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:58 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:47, was faster than 90% of the field.
Ottawa cost the whole field time: about 1:08 more than the average race this season, going by 690 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:03Running 1 4:32v median −0:26
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 4:16v median −0:58
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Block 03 8:43Running 3 4:28v median −1:14
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Block 04 8:34Running 4 4:35v median −1:03
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Block 05 8:52Running 5 4:22v median −1:25
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Block 06 6:36Running 6 4:26v median −1:16
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Block 07 8:42Running 7 4:36v median −1:00
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Block 08 10:07Running 8 4:51v median −1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 280
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 280 men who finished.