The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wael Rostom finished 848th of 866 men in the Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 2:26:43.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 17:54 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 35:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 12:03, behind 96% 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 10:32Running 1 6:06v median +1:04
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Block 02 9:40Running 2 6:17v median +1:06
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Block 03 12:38Running 3 6:28v median +0:54
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Block 04 17:12Running 4 6:27v median +0:55
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Block 05 11:46Running 5 6:41v median +1:01
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Block 06 9:53Running 6 6:49v median +1:16
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Block 07 30:08Running 7 6:49v median +1:16
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Block 08 32:57Running 8 11:54v median +5:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:03
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.