The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:52:02 at Johannesburg 2026 put Martin Potgieter 496th of 740 men in the Open division.
The sled pull was where this race was made, 1:18 ahead of the median. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:38. The race faded late: the second half went 8:50 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 13:01Running 1 8:35v median +1:21
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 5:32v median +0:39
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Block 03 10:11Running 3 5:46v median +0:31
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Block 04 14:13Running 4 6:07v median +0:52
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Block 05 11:35Running 5 6:12v median +0:53
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 6:07v median +0:50
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Block 07 16:34Running 7 6:02v median +0:49
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Block 08 21:47Running 8 9:56v median +1:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
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.