The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Derec Schmidgall finished in the top 10% of the field at Ottawa 2026, in 1:11:57 for 68th of 866 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:21 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:00 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:24, was faster than 94% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Ottawa 2026 and Chicago 2025 were 2:00 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:37Running 1 4:12v median −0:50
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 4:10v median −1:01
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Block 03 8:12Running 3 4:31v median −1:03
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Block 04 9:24Running 4 4:29v median −1:03
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Block 05 9:20Running 5 4:48v median −0:52
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Block 06 6:25Running 6 4:40v median −0:53
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Block 07 8:30Running 7 4:35v median −0:58
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Block 08 9:56Running 8 4:59v median −1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:24
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 863
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 863 men who finished.