The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:51:14 at Johannesburg 2026 put Daniel Aina 488th of 740 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 47% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:00 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:30 better 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 11:40Running 1 6:46v median −0:28
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Block 02 10:01Running 2 5:54v median +1:01
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Block 03 14:12Running 3 7:29v median +2:14
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Block 04 14:28Running 4 7:17v median +2:02
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Block 05 12:46Running 5 7:08v median +1:49
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Block 06 8:46Running 6 6:35v median +1:18
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Block 07 11:39Running 7 6:12v median +0:59
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Block 08 18:43Running 8 9:47v median +1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:06
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.