The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:52 at Ottawa 2026 put Saad Saif 553rd of 866 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:51 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:55 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:45Running 1 5:18v median +0:16
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 5:12v median +0:01
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Block 03 11:29Running 3 5:22v median −0:12
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Block 04 12:48Running 4 5:20v median −0:12
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 5:30v median −0:10
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 5:25v median −0:08
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Block 07 11:30Running 7 5:31v median −0:02
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Block 08 14:25Running 8 5:35v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:40
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.