The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:03 at Ottawa 2026 put Jesse Balfour 572nd of 866 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 46% of the field across all eight, against 26% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:46. The race faded late: the second half went 2:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:49Running 1 4:43v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 5:13v median +0:02
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Block 03 13:52Running 3 9:13v median +3:39
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Block 04 11:49Running 4 5:39v median +0:07
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:23v median +0:43
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:07v median +0:34
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Block 07 11:45Running 7 6:14v median +0:41
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Block 08 16:12Running 8 7:08v median +1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:05
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.