The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brett Giddy finished 553rd of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:56:49.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 17% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:35. The race faded late: the second half went 2:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 13:34Running 1 8:41v median +1:27
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Block 02 9:21Running 2 6:17v median +1:24
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Block 03 11:26Running 3 6:04v median +0:49
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Block 04 14:44Running 4 6:10v median +0:55
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Block 05 11:40Running 5 6:25v median +1:06
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:09v median +0:52
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Block 07 12:49Running 7 6:12v median +0:59
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Block 08 22:10Running 8 13:49v median +5:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:25
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.