The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:52:58 at Johannesburg 2026 put Kabelo Makhaya 507th of 740 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 49% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:05 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:51.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:01Running 1 8:23v median +1:09
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Block 02 9:57Running 2 5:42v median +0:49
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Block 03 11:25Running 3 6:01v median +0:46
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Block 04 13:15Running 4 5:51v median +0:36
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Block 05 12:18Running 5 6:46v median +1:27
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Block 06 9:46Running 6 7:22v median +2:05
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Block 07 13:30Running 7 6:31v median +1:18
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Block 08 18:02Running 8 10:19v median +1:58
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.