The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marc-André Provost finished 648th of 866 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:42:17.
A station race more than a running one: 42% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:52. A harder second half: 4:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Ottawa. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:08.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:49Running 1 5:30v median +0:28
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Block 02 9:32Running 2 6:01v median +0:50
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Block 03 11:11Running 3 6:45v median +1:11
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Block 04 12:47Running 4 6:32v median +1:00
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Block 05 11:45Running 5 7:02v median +1:22
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 6:24v median +0:51
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Block 07 13:19Running 7 6:02v median +0:29
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Block 08 17:00Running 8 9:18v median +3:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:26
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.