The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:55:54 at Johannesburg 2026 put Witty Matsomela 545th of 740 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the farmers carry, 5:00 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:24 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. Witty Matsomela's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:57Running 1 7:09v median −0:05
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Block 02 9:13Running 2 4:49v median −0:04
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Block 03 14:34Running 3 5:29v median +0:14
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Block 04 14:07Running 4 5:08v median −0:07
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Block 05 11:17Running 5 5:28v median +0:09
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Block 06 12:35Running 6 5:12v median −0:05
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Block 07 12:15Running 7 5:13v median +0:00
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Block 08 21:18Running 8 8:47v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:46
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.