The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ruan Gerber finished 594th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:01:26.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 5:04 slower than the median. A harder second half: 9:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 13:48, behind 90% of the field.
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 12:50Running 1 8:02v median +0:48
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Block 02 8:37Running 2 5:24v median +0:31
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Block 03 12:22Running 3 5:35v median +0:20
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Block 04 14:16Running 4 5:34v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:38v median +0:19
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Block 06 8:43Running 6 5:34v median +0:17
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Block 07 16:22Running 7 5:24v median +0:11
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Block 08 23:50Running 8 12:23v median +4:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:48
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.