The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Chen finished 240th of 281 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 2:01:02.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:28 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:45, behind 85% of the field.
Ottawa ran slow: the 690 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:08 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:05Running 1 6:22v median +1:24
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Block 02 12:06Running 2 6:32v median +1:18
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Block 03 14:10Running 3 6:45v median +1:03
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Block 04 14:32Running 4 6:48v median +1:10
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Block 05 12:07Running 5 6:41v median +0:54
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Block 06 9:59Running 6 6:59v median +1:17
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Block 07 16:11Running 7 7:00v median +1:24
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Block 08 21:16Running 8 11:15v median +5:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:45
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.