The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:01:49 at Johannesburg 2026 put Tumelo Mathlaela 114th of 131 men in the Pro division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 41% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 6% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 8:08. The race faded late: the second half went 10:53 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:01Running 1 6:02v median −0:12
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Block 02 10:17Running 2 4:16v median −0:02
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Block 03 17:23Running 3 4:57v median +0:17
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Block 04 10:11Running 4 5:17v median +0:36
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Block 05 12:44Running 5 4:40v median −0:03
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Block 06 9:32Running 6 5:05v median +0:23
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Block 07 18:35Running 7 4:52v median +0:05
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Block 08 19:58Running 8 8:46v median +1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:16
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 130
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 130 men who finished.