The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:44:37 at Ottawa 2026 put Meryka Bessette 199th of 334 women in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 68% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:59 on the median.
Ottawa ran fast: the 516 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:24 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:30Running 1 5:28v median −0:18
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Block 02 10:41Running 2 8:14v median +2:19
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Block 03 13:22Running 3 7:49v median +1:32
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Block 04 13:54Running 4 7:33v median +1:18
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Block 05 12:37Running 5 7:24v median +1:05
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Block 06 9:51Running 6 7:09v median +0:51
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Block 07 11:37Running 7 7:10v median +0:56
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Block 08 14:42Running 8 8:22v median +1:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 330
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 330 women who finished.