The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Toronto 2026, Noah Calvert-Gotez & Owen Tichbourne crossed the line in 1:19:38: 292nd of 726 men's teams, faster than 60% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 85% of the field across all eight, against 44% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:02 on the median. A harder second half: 1:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Toronto ran slow: the 426 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:53 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:48Running 1 5:52v median −0:05
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:39v median −0:03
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 6:06v median −0:02
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Block 04 8:50Running 4 6:08v median +0:03
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 7:05v median +0:49
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 6:50v median +0:42
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Block 07 9:25Running 7 6:26v median +0:16
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Block 08 9:57Running 8 5:36v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:59
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 701
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 701 men's teams who finished.