The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:33 at Johannesburg 2026 put Ben Simz 226th of 740 men in the Open division, ahead of 70% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 88% of the field across all eight, against 51% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:12 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 8:11 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 11:38Running 1 7:16v median +0:02
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Block 02 9:38Running 2 6:41v median +1:48
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Block 03 10:47Running 3 5:15v median +0:00
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Block 04 10:13Running 4 5:08v median −0:07
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Block 05 9:48Running 5 4:46v median −0:33
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:04v median −0:13
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Block 07 8:27Running 7 4:44v median −0:29
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Block 08 13:44Running 8 8:10v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:07
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.