The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin Janse van Rensburg finished 452nd of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:48:01.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:03 on the median. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 0:57. A harder second half: 3:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:29Running 1 7:26v median +0:12
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 5:11v median +0:18
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Block 03 12:42Running 3 6:02v median +0:47
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Block 04 12:26Running 4 6:30v median +1:15
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Block 05 13:02Running 5 6:49v median +1:30
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 6:33v median +1:16
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Block 07 13:15Running 7 7:11v median +1:58
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Block 08 17:57Running 8 8:25v median +0:04
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.