The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thabz Bapela finished 519th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:54:06.
Nowhere gained more than the sled push: 0:35 on the median. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 1:53. A harder second half: 5:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:51.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:15Running 1 8:26v median +1:12
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 5:14v median +0:21
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Block 03 13:24Running 3 5:48v median +0:33
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Block 04 12:45Running 4 6:13v median +0:58
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Block 05 12:03Running 5 6:36v median +1:17
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 6:10v median +0:53
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Block 07 13:08Running 7 5:46v median +0:33
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Block 08 21:50Running 8 11:49v median +3:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:08
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.