The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shelby Saunders finished 272nd of 334 women in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 2:02:30.
The stations carried this race: faster than 33% of the field across all eight, against 11% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:49 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Ottawa gave the field time back: about 1:24 faster than the average race this season, by 516 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:42Running 1 5:39v median −0:07
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Block 02 9:48Running 2 6:53v median +0:58
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Block 03 14:51Running 3 7:52v median +1:35
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Block 04 17:26Running 4 7:47v median +1:32
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Block 05 13:32Running 5 8:07v median +1:48
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Block 06 10:27Running 6 8:13v median +1:55
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Block 07 15:29Running 7 8:25v median +2:11
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Block 08 21:50Running 8 14:26v median +7:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:34
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.