The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pierre-Olivier Lévesque finished 189th of 356 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:36:40.
Legs and stations told different stories: 62% of the field beaten on the runs, 34% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 7:47 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:17 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 9:42Running 1 5:24v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 5:06v median −0:14
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Block 03 12:33Running 3 5:32v median −0:14
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Block 04 11:00Running 4 5:33v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:31v median −0:20
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:15v median −0:27
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Block 07 19:10Running 7 5:36v median −0:09
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Block 08 12:12Running 8 5:57v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:18
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 356
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 356 men who finished.