The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Chemaly finished 95th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:21:40, faster than 87% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:35 ahead of the median.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 2:51 more than the average race this season, going by 210 athletes who raced both. That was 4:42 off the time at Cape Town 1 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:18Running 1 5:44v median −1:30
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 3:49v median −1:04
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Block 03 8:21Running 3 4:40v median −0:35
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 4:51v median −0:24
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 7:00v median +1:41
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Block 06 6:11Running 6 4:39v median −0:38
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Block 07 7:37Running 7 4:18v median −0:55
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Block 08 13:30Running 8 6:35v median −1:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:32
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.