The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rahul Bhardwaj finished 218th of 281 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:50:49.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 3:30 better against the middle of the field than before it. 10:01 in the roxzone was slower than 87% 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 9:57Running 1 5:10v median +0:12
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Block 02 11:10Running 2 7:12v median +1:58
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Block 03 14:33Running 3 8:37v median +2:55
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Block 04 14:48Running 4 8:20v median +2:42
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Block 05 13:16Running 5 8:19v median +2:32
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Block 06 10:22Running 6 8:05v median +2:23
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 6:34v median +0:58
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Block 08 15:35Running 8 7:07v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:01
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.