The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mohammed Malek finished 460th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:48:26.
The runs carried this race: faster than 49% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:00 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:54Running 1 7:04v median −0:10
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Block 02 9:00Running 2 4:38v median −0:15
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Block 03 12:32Running 3 5:38v median +0:23
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Block 04 12:37Running 4 5:21v median +0:06
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Block 05 11:46Running 5 5:33v median +0:14
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Block 06 9:17Running 6 5:09v median −0:08
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Block 07 13:17Running 7 5:23v median +0:10
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Block 08 18:16Running 8 8:58v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:55
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.