The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:59:57 at Johannesburg 2026 put Diego Masera 583rd of 740 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:00 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:41 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 13:09Running 1 7:56v median +0:42
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 5:02v median +0:09
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Block 03 12:40Running 3 5:43v median +0:28
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Block 04 16:31Running 4 5:39v median +0:24
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Block 05 11:20Running 5 5:43v median +0:24
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 5:41v median +0:24
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Block 07 14:07Running 7 5:42v median +0:29
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Block 08 23:43Running 8 8:57v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:01
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.