The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emile Gerber took 3rd of 18 in the 55–59 age group at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:28:04.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:10 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:43 behind the median. Time in the roxzone, 6:33, was faster than 86% of the field.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:51.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:49Running 1 7:03v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 4:33v median −0:20
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 4:40v median −0:35
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Block 04 9:30Running 4 4:41v median −0:34
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Block 05 9:42Running 5 4:42v median −0:37
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Block 06 6:54Running 6 4:35v median −0:42
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Block 07 9:34Running 7 4:36v median −0:37
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Block 08 16:27Running 8 6:58v median −1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:33
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.