The race, in three figures
The race, in words
François Leblanc finished 156th of 281 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:36:47.
The stations carried this race: faster than 72% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:27 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:10 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 11:49Running 1 7:17v median +2:19
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Block 02 9:16Running 2 5:41v median +0:27
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 5:53v median +0:11
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Block 04 10:58Running 4 6:08v median +0:30
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 6:43v median +0:56
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Block 06 11:00Running 6 7:08v median +1:26
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Block 07 10:54Running 7 7:02v median +1:26
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Block 08 12:02Running 8 7:29v median +1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
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.