The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Guy Benson finished 484th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:50:43.
A station race more than a running one: 47% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:11 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 10:11 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 15:34Running 1 11:00v median +3:46
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Block 02 10:38Running 2 8:12v median +3:19
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Block 03 12:49Running 3 7:43v median +2:28
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Block 04 13:38Running 4 5:06v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:36Running 5 5:27v median +0:08
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 5:23v median +0:06
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Block 07 10:23Running 7 4:38v median −0:35
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Block 08 18:32Running 8 7:35v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:39
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.