The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mawela Mbelengwa finished 499th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:52:18.
The stations carried this race: faster than 46% of the field across all eight, against 26% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:34 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:52 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 13:48Running 1 9:06v median +1:52
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 5:37v median +0:44
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Block 03 10:56Running 3 5:39v median +0:24
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Block 04 13:43Running 4 5:32v median +0:17
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 5:41v median +0:22
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 5:31v median +0:14
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Block 07 13:52Running 7 5:24v median +0:11
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Block 08 19:15Running 8 12:04v median +3:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:36
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.