The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benjamin Guay-Marceau finished 492nd of 866 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:33:07.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 29% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:17 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:30 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. Benjamin Guay-Marceau's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 4:46v median −0:16
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Block 02 8:35Running 2 4:59v median −0:12
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 5:22v median −0:12
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Block 04 11:34Running 4 5:05v median −0:27
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:29v median −0:11
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Block 06 9:20Running 6 5:59v median +0:26
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Block 07 11:52Running 7 5:43v median +0:10
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Block 08 16:50Running 8 6:15v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
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.