The race, in three figures
The race, in words
William Donkoh & Paul Mensah finished 185th of 295 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:25:00.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:28 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Ottawa cost the whole field time: about 1:28 more than the average race this season, going by 325 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 4:08v median −1:15
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:16v median −0:09
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Block 03 9:24Running 3 5:38v median −0:12
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Block 04 9:36Running 4 5:31v median −0:19
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Block 05 11:06Running 5 6:12v median +0:17
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 6:09v median +0:20
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Block 07 11:41Running 7 6:36v median +0:46
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Block 08 12:48Running 8 7:06v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 294
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 294 men's teams who finished.