The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Ottawa 2026, Simon Lemieux & Mathieu Ducharme crossed the line in 1:15:19: 193rd of 455 men's teams, faster than 58% of the field.
A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:14 from the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:09 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 9:16Running 1 5:15v median +0:07
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 5:14v median +0:00
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Block 03 8:37Running 3 5:26v median −0:10
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Block 04 8:33Running 4 5:28v median −0:08
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Block 05 9:47Running 5 5:36v median −0:04
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:38v median −0:01
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Block 07 9:03Running 7 5:50v median +0:12
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Block 08 10:31Running 8 6:11v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:18
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.