The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:02 at Johannesburg 2026 put STEPHEN HOLTON 393rd of 740 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 33% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:02 on the median. A harder second half: 6:28 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:52Running 1 7:24v median +0:10
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Block 02 8:03Running 2 5:23v median +0:30
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 6:01v median +0:46
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Block 04 10:39Running 4 5:42v median +0:27
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Block 05 11:06Running 5 6:10v median +0:51
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:47v median +0:30
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Block 07 13:01Running 7 5:42v median +0:29
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Block 08 19:04Running 8 10:23v median +2:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:23
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.