The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Ottawa 2026, Mel Raymond & Layla Veary crossed the line in 1:31:36: 132nd of 278 women's teams, faster than 53% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 88% of the field beaten on the stations, against 38% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 0:55 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:14 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Ottawa cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 507 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:44Running 1 6:19v median +0:02
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 6:46v median +0:24
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Block 03 11:20Running 3 7:06v median +0:27
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 7:32v median +0:46
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Block 05 12:05Running 5 7:39v median +0:46
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Block 06 9:06Running 6 7:25v median +0:41
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Block 07 10:31Running 7 7:19v median +0:34
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Block 08 11:35Running 8 7:37v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:00
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 277
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 277 women's teams who finished.