The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:51:21 at Johannesburg 2026 put Thokozani Mvelase 489th of 740 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:46 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:17 worse 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 12:54Running 1 8:21v median +1:07
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Block 02 9:33Running 2 5:17v median +0:24
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Block 03 11:43Running 3 5:23v median +0:08
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Block 04 14:08Running 4 5:52v median +0:37
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Block 05 11:55Running 5 6:32v median +1:13
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Block 06 9:16Running 6 6:07v median +0:50
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Block 07 13:30Running 7 5:50v median +0:37
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Block 08 19:06Running 8 9:00v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:24
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.