The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Ottawa 2026, Robert St-Jean & Javier Alfonzo crossed the line in 1:14:31: 179th of 455 men's teams, faster than 61% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 94% of the field beaten on the stations, against 46% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:58 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Ottawa. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:28.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:08Running 1 4:28v median −0:40
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 5:02v median −0:12
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Block 03 8:13Running 3 5:47v median +0:11
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Block 04 8:09Running 4 5:53v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:57v median +0:17
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:50v median +0:11
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Block 07 8:55Running 7 6:02v median +0:24
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Block 08 10:26Running 8 6:41v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
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.