The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rushil Vallabh finished 611th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:03:22.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:56. A harder second half: 8:34 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 13:26Running 1 8:16v median +1:02
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Block 02 9:35Running 2 5:43v median +0:50
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Block 03 14:03Running 3 6:40v median +1:25
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Block 04 13:39Running 4 6:34v median +1:19
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Block 05 13:13Running 5 6:44v median +1:25
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Block 06 10:37Running 6 6:23v median +1:06
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Block 07 15:54Running 7 7:04v median +1:51
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Block 08 22:53Running 8 13:15v median +4:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:09
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.