The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:01:37 at Johannesburg 2026 put Mahlatse Maraba 596th of 740 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 38% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 12% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 11:37 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 210 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:51 slower here than at their other races. 3:15 faster than at Cape Town 1 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:10Running 1 8:11v median +0:57
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 4:58v median +0:05
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 5:14v median −0:01
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Block 04 16:18Running 4 5:28v median +0:13
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Block 05 11:07Running 5 5:45v median +0:26
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 5:51v median +0:34
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Block 07 14:20Running 7 6:09v median +0:56
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Block 08 29:48Running 8 9:25v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:50
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.