The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Arif Khimji & Matthew Porretta finished 395th of 455 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 1:32:41.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:53. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:39 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 11:02Running 1 6:24v median +1:16
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 6:28v median +1:14
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Block 03 11:21Running 3 6:31v median +0:55
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Block 04 11:20Running 4 6:20v median +0:44
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:31v median +0:51
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 6:16v median +0:37
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Block 07 11:35Running 7 6:15v median +0:37
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Block 08 12:22Running 8 6:42v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:07
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.