The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Sipho Lunga at Johannesburg 2026: 1:14:37, 39th of 740 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 3:01 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:13, 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. 5:05 slower than at Cape Town 1 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 10:23Running 1 5:53v median −1:21
-
Block 02 7:14Running 2 3:45v median −1:08
-
Block 03 7:55Running 3 3:54v median −1:21
-
Block 04 7:51Running 4 3:53v median −1:22
-
Block 05 8:43Running 5 3:53v median −1:26
-
Block 06 5:46Running 6 3:53v median −1:24
-
Block 07 7:31Running 7 3:52v median −1:21
-
Block 08 14:08Running 8 5:44v median −2:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:13
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.