The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:15 at Johannesburg 2026 put Buhle Gumede 476th of 740 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 56% of the field across all eight, against 19% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:45 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:39 better against the middle of the field 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 15:27Running 1 10:52v median +3:38
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Block 02 11:04Running 2 7:33v median +2:40
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 5:43v median +0:28
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Block 04 11:59Running 4 5:39v median +0:24
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 5:48v median +0:29
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 5:46v median +0:29
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Block 07 13:01Running 7 5:40v median +0:27
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Block 08 18:16Running 8 11:15v median +2:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:27
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.