The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:59:49 at Johannesburg 2026 put Zothile Dlamini 582nd of 740 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 7:29 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 2:51 more than the average race this season, going by 210 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:45Running 1 6:40v median −0:34
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Block 02 9:40Running 2 5:12v median +0:19
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Block 03 14:40Running 3 5:48v median +0:33
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Block 04 15:26Running 4 5:53v median +0:38
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 5:56v median +0:37
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Block 06 9:01Running 6 5:29v median +0:12
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Block 07 12:12Running 7 5:42v median +0:29
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Block 08 25:27Running 8 9:12v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:07
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.