The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thabo Seetso finished 438th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:46:28.
The runs carried this race: faster than 59% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:06 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 9:49 faster at Johannesburg 2026 than at Johannesburg 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:25Running 1 7:23v median +0:09
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Block 02 9:09Running 2 4:45v median −0:08
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Block 03 11:27Running 3 4:58v median −0:17
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Block 04 11:12Running 4 4:34v median −0:41
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 5:08v median −0:11
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 4:46v median −0:31
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Block 07 13:16Running 7 5:15v median +0:02
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Block 08 21:31Running 8 8:39v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:04
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.