The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Isaac Benjamin-Gayle & Justin Ntiamoa finished 177th of 455 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:14:21, faster than 61% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 50% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:52 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:19 better 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 8:17Running 1 4:35v median −0:33
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 6:26v median +1:12
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Block 03 8:56Running 3 5:29v median −0:07
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Block 04 8:56Running 4 5:38v median +0:02
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 5:46v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:34v median −0:05
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Block 07 8:13Running 7 5:38v median +0:00
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Block 08 9:49Running 8 5:35v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:40
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 454
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 454 men's teams who finished.