The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:05:54 at Johannesburg 2026 put Themba Mandlati 630th of 740 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 40% of the field across all eight, against 7% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:36. The race faded late: the second half went 2:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:51.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 16:00Running 1 10:59v median +3:45
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Block 02 10:03Running 2 7:11v median +2:18
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Block 03 13:20Running 3 7:59v median +2:44
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Block 04 15:07Running 4 7:59v median +2:44
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Block 05 13:44Running 5 8:27v median +3:08
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Block 06 11:10Running 6 8:06v median +2:49
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Block 07 15:11Running 7 8:19v median +3:06
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Block 08 20:43Running 8 9:21v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:43
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.