The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mellissa McDonald finished 300th of 426 women in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:49:15.
A station race more than a running one: 43% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:41 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:52 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:51Running 1 6:44v median +0:53
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Block 02 9:01Running 2 6:32v median +0:34
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Block 03 12:21Running 3 6:55v median +0:40
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Block 04 15:40Running 4 7:10v median +0:52
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Block 05 12:37Running 5 7:20v median +0:55
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Block 06 10:03Running 6 7:26v median +1:05
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Block 07 14:37Running 7 7:44v median +1:24
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Block 08 15:34Running 8 8:49v median +1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:39
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.