The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jaco Lourens finished 437th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:46:21.
A station race more than a running one: 51% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:58 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:11 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 14:45Running 1 9:23v median +2:09
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Block 02 11:43Running 2 8:20v median +3:27
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Block 03 11:24Running 3 5:55v median +0:40
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Block 04 11:51Running 4 5:50v median +0:35
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Block 05 11:05Running 5 5:40v median +0:21
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Block 06 8:39Running 6 5:31v median +0:14
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Block 07 11:00Running 7 5:32v median +0:19
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Block 08 17:59Running 8 8:19v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:02
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.