The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:02 at Johannesburg 2026 put Themba Mathebula 508th of 740 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:54 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:10 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Johannesburg 2026 and Cape Town 2025 were 1:06 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:43Running 1 6:57v median −0:17
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Block 02 11:55Running 2 7:32v median +2:39
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Block 03 13:36Running 3 6:00v median +0:45
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Block 04 13:33Running 4 5:36v median +0:21
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 5:14v median −0:05
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 5:38v median +0:21
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Block 07 13:39Running 7 5:51v median +0:38
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Block 08 18:34Running 8 9:12v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:45
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.