The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Yi Zheng finished 639th of 866 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:41:26.
The stations carried this race: faster than 43% of the field across all eight, against 19% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:34 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:41 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 9:19Running 1 4:52v median −0:10
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Block 02 9:11Running 2 5:03v median −0:08
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 6:33v median +0:59
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Block 04 13:06Running 4 7:06v median +1:34
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 7:26v median +1:46
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Block 06 10:45Running 6 8:25v median +2:52
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Block 07 15:22Running 7 7:23v median +1:50
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Block 08 12:51Running 8 7:13v median +1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:12
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.