The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin Fick finished 631st of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:05:58.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 8:47 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 12:34Running 1 7:34v median +0:20
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Block 02 9:34Running 2 5:12v median +0:19
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Block 03 13:36Running 3 5:31v median +0:16
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Block 04 18:03Running 4 5:32v median +0:17
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Block 05 11:25Running 5 5:33v median +0:14
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 5:37v median +0:20
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Block 07 14:50Running 7 5:29v median +0:16
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Block 08 26:59Running 8 9:26v median +1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:12
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.