The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tobias Maxwell finished 462nd of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:48:32.
The runs carried this race: faster than 45% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:31 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:36 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 13:38Running 1 8:38v median +1:24
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Block 02 9:30Running 2 4:48v median −0:05
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Block 03 12:22Running 3 4:58v median −0:17
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Block 04 15:17Running 4 4:47v median −0:28
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 4:52v median −0:27
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:00v median −0:17
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 5:11v median −0:02
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Block 08 20:37Running 8 10:33v median +2:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:05
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.