The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aaron Kingsley & Kyle Smith finished 452nd of 455 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Ottawa 2026, in 2:05:53.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:35 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:15 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:16 in the roxzone was slower than 98% of the field.
Ottawa ran slow: the 325 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:28 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:27Running 1 7:53v median +2:45
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Block 02 12:46Running 2 9:40v median +4:26
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Block 03 13:55Running 3 9:56v median +4:20
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Block 04 14:52Running 4 10:19v median +4:43
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Block 05 15:29Running 5 10:43v median +5:03
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Block 06 12:54Running 6 10:28v median +4:49
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Block 07 15:54Running 7 10:52v median +5:14
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Block 08 17:30Running 8 12:03v median +6:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:16
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.