The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tawanda Shoniwa finished 629th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:05:49.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 5:41 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:59 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 14:34Running 1 8:29v median +1:15
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Block 02 10:19Running 2 5:12v median +0:19
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Block 03 13:08Running 3 5:26v median +0:11
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Block 04 18:11Running 4 5:31v median +0:16
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Block 05 11:42Running 5 5:12v median −0:07
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:16v median −0:01
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Block 07 14:28Running 7 6:23v median +1:10
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Block 08 23:11Running 8 12:57v median +4:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:13
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.