The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:52:37 at Johannesburg 2026 put Mpho Mogaila 504th of 740 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 62% of the field beaten on the stations, against 17% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:04 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:27 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 12:31Running 1 7:51v median +0:37
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Block 02 13:42Running 2 10:06v median +5:13
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Block 03 11:47Running 3 6:17v median +1:02
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Block 04 12:32Running 4 6:19v median +1:04
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Block 05 11:58Running 5 6:26v median +1:07
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 6:27v median +1:10
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Block 07 10:02Running 7 6:12v median +0:59
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Block 08 19:56Running 8 10:02v median +1:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:51
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.