The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Conroe Theron finished 516th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:53:55.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:25. A harder second half: 9:49 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 10:42Running 1 6:03v median −1:11
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 4:12v median −0:41
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Block 03 11:47Running 3 5:09v median −0:06
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Block 04 16:20Running 4 5:23v median +0:08
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 5:40v median +0:21
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 5:24v median +0:07
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Block 07 13:45Running 7 5:08v median −0:05
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Block 08 26:36Running 8 12:25v median +4:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:07
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.