The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Douglas Mathers crossed the line in 1:32:43: 251st of 740 men, faster than 66% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 77% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 49% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:38 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:53 behind 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. An improvement of 3:47 on Cape Town 1 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:02Running 1 7:09v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 4:24v median −0:29
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 4:39v median −0:36
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Block 04 11:04Running 4 4:43v median −0:32
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Block 05 9:42Running 5 4:35v median −0:44
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:32v median −0:45
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Block 07 11:23Running 7 4:36v median −0:37
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Block 08 16:27Running 8 6:48v median −1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:59
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.