The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Greg Mazen finished 635th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:07:02.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 6:29 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:28 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 14:20Running 1 9:19v median +2:05
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Block 02 9:59Running 2 6:13v median +1:20
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Block 03 13:10Running 3 6:20v median +1:05
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Block 04 16:32Running 4 6:30v median +1:15
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Block 05 12:18Running 5 6:33v median +1:14
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Block 06 9:27Running 6 6:42v median +1:25
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Block 07 18:54Running 7 6:31v median +1:18
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Block 08 21:31Running 8 10:27v median +2:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:59
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.