The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Smal finished 447th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:47:08.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:52 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:00 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:00 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:51. 1:14 slower than at Cape Town 1 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:17Running 1 8:28v median +1:14
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Block 02 8:33Running 2 5:14v median +0:21
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 5:28v median +0:13
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Block 04 16:29Running 4 5:30v median +0:15
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:29v median +0:10
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:39v median +0:22
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Block 07 14:22Running 7 5:50v median +0:37
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Block 08 17:18Running 8 8:41v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:11
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.