The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Spencer Ayres finished 175th of 281 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:40:56.
The stations carried this race: faster than 64% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:59 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:17Running 1 5:41v median +0:43
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Block 02 9:40Running 2 5:53v median +0:39
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Block 03 11:27Running 3 7:00v median +1:18
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Block 04 11:49Running 4 6:57v median +1:19
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Block 05 12:29Running 5 7:21v median +1:34
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Block 06 9:26Running 6 7:06v median +1:24
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Block 07 13:29Running 7 7:15v median +1:39
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Block 08 14:13Running 8 8:12v median +2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:14
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.