The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick McCaffery finished 699th of 866 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:47:48.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:19. A harder second half: 4:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:36Running 1 5:00v median −0:02
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Block 02 10:04Running 2 5:13v median +0:02
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Block 03 14:33Running 3 5:38v median +0:04
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Block 04 12:15Running 4 5:36v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:51v median +0:11
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 5:55v median +0:22
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Block 07 14:37Running 7 5:59v median +0:26
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Block 08 19:40Running 8 7:03v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.