The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Marshall finished 820th of 866 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 2:11:15.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 9:07. The race faded late: the second half went 5:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:54 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
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 11:48Running 1 6:45v median +1:43
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Block 02 11:44Running 2 6:50v median +1:39
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Block 03 14:01Running 3 7:32v median +1:58
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Block 04 18:33Running 4 7:19v median +1:47
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Block 05 12:56Running 5 7:15v median +1:35
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Block 06 9:20Running 6 7:11v median +1:38
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Block 07 22:04Running 7 7:32v median +1:59
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Block 08 21:04Running 8 8:50v median +2:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:54
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.