The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tomas Caprera finished in the top 10% of the field at Ottawa 2026, in 1:13:30 for 89th of 866 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 68% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:49 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 5:22 faster at Ottawa 2026 than at Toronto 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:36Running 1 3:26v median −1:36
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Block 02 7:02Running 2 3:52v median −1:19
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 4:16v median −1:18
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Block 04 7:46Running 4 3:58v median −1:34
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Block 05 8:50Running 5 4:16v median −1:24
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 4:20v median −1:13
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Block 07 10:20Running 7 4:11v median −1:22
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Block 08 10:58Running 8 5:12v median −0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:59
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.