The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Ottawa 2026, Matt Whetham crossed the line in 1:28:53: 422nd of 866 men, faster than 51% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:46 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:13 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Ottawa. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:08.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:40Running 1 4:57v median −0:05
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 4:52v median −0:19
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 5:17v median −0:17
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 5:02v median −0:30
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:54v median +0:14
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Block 06 7:57Running 6 5:38v median +0:05
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Block 07 12:00Running 7 5:22v median −0:11
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Block 08 13:02Running 8 6:14v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.