The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:31:24 at Ottawa 2026 put Melissa Howard 544th of 556 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:01 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 18:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:04 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
Ottawa gave the field time back: about 1:24 faster than the average race this season, by 516 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:39Running 1 7:49v median +2:03
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Block 02 11:10Running 2 8:10v median +2:20
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Block 03 15:26Running 3 9:05v median +2:58
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Block 04 21:07Running 4 9:30v median +3:23
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Block 05 18:01Running 5 11:39v median +5:24
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Block 06 13:40Running 6 10:50v median +4:40
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Block 07 20:13Running 7 11:11v median +5:00
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Block 08 27:11Running 8 15:22v median +8:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:04
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 552
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 552 women who finished.