The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rob Dreyer finished 306th of 866 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:23:33, faster than 65% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 75% of the field beaten on the runs, 55% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:07 on the median. A harder second half: 4:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Ottawa cost the whole field time: about 1:08 more than the average race this season, going by 690 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 4:12v median −0:50
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Block 02 7:53Running 2 4:40v median −0:31
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:11v median −0:23
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Block 04 9:22Running 4 4:52v median −0:40
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Block 05 9:48Running 5 4:56v median −0:44
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Block 06 7:29Running 6 5:12v median −0:21
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Block 07 11:50Running 7 5:22v median −0:11
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Block 08 12:11Running 8 5:19v median −0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:25
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.