The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melanie Desjardins finished 284th of 426 women in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:47:03.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:13 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Ottawa gained about 1:24.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:10Running 1 5:57v median +0:06
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Block 02 8:32Running 2 5:48v median −0:10
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Block 03 13:22Running 3 5:53v median −0:22
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Block 04 14:44Running 4 6:04v median −0:14
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Block 05 12:26Running 5 6:16v median −0:09
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 6:35v median +0:14
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Block 07 13:57Running 7 6:19v median −0:01
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Block 08 15:21Running 8 6:49v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 424
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 424 women who finished.