The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Merih Tesfatsion finished 285th of 356 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:54:30.
The stations carried this race: faster than 39% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 2:39 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 12:32Running 1 7:44v median +2:37
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Block 02 12:43Running 2 6:53v median +1:33
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Block 03 12:49Running 3 7:10v median +1:24
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Block 04 12:42Running 4 6:53v median +1:11
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Block 05 12:13Running 5 7:19v median +1:28
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Block 06 11:16Running 6 9:12v median +3:30
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Block 07 15:29Running 7 7:25v median +1:40
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Block 08 18:25Running 8 10:16v median +3:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:28
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.