The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mongezi Mkhize finished 429th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:46:03.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:44.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 2:51 more than the average race this season, going by 210 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:03Running 1 7:20v median +0:06
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Block 02 8:35Running 2 4:50v median −0:03
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Block 03 12:20Running 3 5:32v median +0:17
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Block 04 13:56Running 4 5:17v median +0:02
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 4:59v median −0:20
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 4:48v median −0:29
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Block 07 12:10Running 7 4:56v median −0:17
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Block 08 19:47Running 8 8:17v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:02
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.