The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:48:17 at Johannesburg 2026 put Tlou Malepe 457th of 740 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 60% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 0:58 quicker than the median and 191st of 740. The race faded late: the second half went 8:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:16Running 1 6:33v median −0:41
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 4:54v median +0:01
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Block 03 10:59Running 3 5:26v median +0:11
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Block 04 13:09Running 4 5:15v median +0:00
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 5:52v median +0:33
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 5:46v median +0:29
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Block 07 10:28Running 7 5:32v median +0:19
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Block 08 25:54Running 8 17:49v median +9:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:35
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.