The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Foss finished 475th of 866 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:32:16.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:41 ahead of the median. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:14. A harder second half: 6:05 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Ottawa ran slow: the 690 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:08 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:04Running 1 4:33v median −0:29
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 4:58v median −0:13
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 5:43v median +0:09
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Block 04 11:31Running 4 5:46v median +0:14
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 5:38v median −0:02
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 7:30v median +1:57
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Block 07 16:34Running 7 7:55v median +2:22
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Block 08 11:53Running 8 6:16v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:01
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.