The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:49 at Johannesburg 2026 put Thomas Lee on the age-group podium: 3rd of 127 in the 35–39 age group.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:12 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:17 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:12, was faster than 98% 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. 0:24 slower than at Cape Town 1 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:12Running 1 5:48v median −1:26
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 3:30v median −1:23
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Block 03 7:52Running 3 3:45v median −1:30
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Block 04 8:47Running 4 3:51v median −1:24
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Block 05 8:37Running 5 3:55v median −1:24
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Block 06 5:33Running 6 3:52v median −1:25
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Block 07 8:04Running 7 3:57v median −1:16
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Block 08 12:56Running 8 6:22v median −1:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:12
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.