The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:58:28 at Ottawa 2026 put Josh Blackler 778th of 866 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:28 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:24 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
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 11:09Running 1 6:19v median +1:17
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Block 02 11:55Running 2 6:33v median +1:22
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Block 03 14:03Running 3 6:52v median +1:18
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Block 04 14:24Running 4 6:56v median +1:24
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Block 05 12:27Running 5 7:06v median +1:26
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Block 06 9:56Running 6 6:57v median +1:24
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Block 07 15:58Running 7 7:05v median +1:32
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Block 08 19:19Running 8 9:26v median +3:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:24
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.