The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ankur Vaidya finished 586th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:00:08.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 16% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:01 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 13:59Running 1 9:00v median +1:46
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Block 02 8:59Running 2 6:03v median +1:10
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Block 03 12:23Running 3 6:25v median +1:10
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Block 04 15:37Running 4 6:55v median +1:40
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Block 05 12:58Running 5 7:33v median +2:14
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Block 06 8:59Running 6 6:30v median +1:13
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Block 07 13:15Running 7 6:35v median +1:22
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Block 08 22:14Running 8 11:27v median +3:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:52
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.