The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:46 at Johannesburg 2026 put Richard Späth 514th of 740 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 8:37 slower than the median. A harder second half: 8:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 13:09Running 1 8:05v median +0:51
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 4:41v median −0:12
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Block 03 11:27Running 3 5:06v median −0:09
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Block 04 14:48Running 4 4:55v median −0:20
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:13v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 4:59v median −0:18
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Block 07 14:57Running 7 5:10v median −0:03
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Block 08 24:53Running 8 7:30v median −0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:29
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.