The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Frederik Marx finished 626th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:05:22.
Legs and stations told different stories: 38% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 10:56. The race faded late: the second half went 12:06 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:09Running 1 7:37v median +0:23
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Block 02 9:00Running 2 5:24v median +0:31
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Block 03 11:16Running 3 5:39v median +0:24
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Block 04 16:37Running 4 5:26v median +0:11
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 5:56v median +0:37
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 5:50v median +0:33
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Block 07 15:47Running 7 5:47v median +0:34
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Block 08 29:00Running 8 9:18v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:48
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.