The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:56 at Johannesburg 2026 put Jan-Paul Nel 517th of 740 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:56. The race faded late: the second half went 1:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 13:56Running 1 9:22v median +2:08
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Block 02 9:26Running 2 5:47v median +0:54
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Block 03 12:39Running 3 6:16v median +1:01
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Block 04 14:10Running 4 6:04v median +0:49
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 5:50v median +0:31
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Block 06 9:06Running 6 6:06v median +0:49
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Block 07 14:48Running 7 5:58v median +0:45
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Block 08 19:34Running 8 9:17v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:05
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.