The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:50:47 at Ottawa 2026 put Peter Valentine & Aboulfazl Safaei 283rd of 295 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:20 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:11 in the roxzone was slower than 89% of the field.
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 11:15Running 1 6:46v median +1:23
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Block 02 9:50Running 2 7:46v median +2:21
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Block 03 12:29Running 3 7:33v median +1:43
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Block 04 12:23Running 4 7:35v median +1:45
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Block 05 13:43Running 5 8:44v median +2:49
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Block 06 10:46Running 6 8:51v median +3:02
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Block 07 13:48Running 7 8:50v median +3:00
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Block 08 17:32Running 8 9:29v median +3:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:11
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.