The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sheldon O’Connor won the Open division at Johannesburg 2026 in 1:01:12, first of 740 men.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 4:45 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:40 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:41, was faster than 99% of the field.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 210 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:51 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:02Running 1 4:54v median −2:20
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Block 02 5:25Running 2 3:10v median −1:43
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Block 03 7:08Running 3 3:28v median −1:47
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Block 04 6:33Running 4 3:22v median −1:53
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Block 05 7:46Running 5 3:28v median −1:51
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Block 06 4:59Running 6 3:24v median −1:53
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Block 07 6:48Running 7 3:14v median −1:59
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Block 08 9:00Running 8 4:59v median −3:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:41
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 727
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 727 men who finished.