The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:56:17 at Johannesburg 2026 put Zack Da Silva 546th of 740 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 13:03 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 11:45Running 1 7:18v median +0:04
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 5:02v median +0:09
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Block 03 11:11Running 3 5:31v median +0:16
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Block 04 13:12Running 4 5:31v median +0:16
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:00v median +0:41
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 5:56v median +0:39
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Block 07 16:11Running 7 7:10v median +1:57
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Block 08 22:22Running 8 15:15v median +6:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:30
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.