The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:44 at Johannesburg 2026 put Sammy Mashita 388th of 740 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 61% of the field across all eight, against 34% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:50 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:51. 9:55 slower than at Cape Town 1 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:46Running 1 9:30v median +2:16
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 5:50v median +0:57
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Block 03 9:36Running 3 4:33v median −0:42
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Block 04 11:22Running 4 4:52v median −0:23
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 4:58v median −0:21
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Block 06 6:58Running 6 5:04v median −0:13
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Block 07 12:17Running 7 5:33v median +0:20
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Block 08 20:25Running 8 11:42v median +3:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:28
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.