The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emmanuel Nxele finished 510th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:53:23.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:47. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:53 better 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 13:37Running 1 8:29v median +1:15
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Block 02 9:41Running 2 5:52v median +0:59
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Block 03 13:00Running 3 6:14v median +0:59
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Block 04 14:19Running 4 6:05v median +0:50
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Block 05 12:22Running 5 6:15v median +0:56
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 5:44v median +0:27
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Block 07 13:34Running 7 5:53v median +0:40
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Block 08 18:06Running 8 9:23v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:49
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.