The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:02:09 at Johannesburg 2026 put Mongezi Ntshangase 601st of 740 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:38 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:19 better against the middle of the field than the first. 17:09 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 11:58Running 1 7:04v median −0:10
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 4:58v median +0:05
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Block 03 15:55Running 3 8:34v median +3:19
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Block 04 15:27Running 4 7:02v median +1:47
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Block 05 13:10Running 5 7:05v median +1:46
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Block 06 9:51Running 6 6:26v median +1:09
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Block 07 11:21Running 7 5:52v median +0:39
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Block 08 19:00Running 8 10:06v median +1:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:09
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.