The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Siphelo Mwale finished 537th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:55:16.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:29 behind the median. The roxzone cost time: 15:10, behind 95% of the field.
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 13:58Running 1 8:42v median +1:28
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 5:12v median +0:19
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 5:35v median +0:20
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Block 04 16:08Running 4 6:40v median +1:25
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Block 05 15:35Running 5 9:13v median +3:54
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 6:10v median +0:53
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Block 07 11:25Running 7 5:31v median +0:18
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Block 08 17:05Running 8 9:07v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:10
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.