The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thabo Matsebe finished 440th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:46:44.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:30 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:12 better against the middle of the field than the first. 14:23 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 210 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:51 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:32Running 1 6:45v median −0:29
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 4:38v median −0:15
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Block 03 13:06Running 3 6:28v median +1:13
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Block 04 11:29Running 4 6:00v median +0:45
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Block 05 12:42Running 5 6:27v median +1:08
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 6:16v median +0:59
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 5:37v median +0:24
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Block 08 15:30Running 8 8:07v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:23
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.