The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:08:41 at Johannesburg 2026 put Chris Mann 643rd of 740 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:59. The race faded late: the second half went 10:49 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. That was 16:34 off the time at Berlin 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:03Running 1 8:41v median +1:27
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 5:13v median +0:20
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Block 03 14:01Running 3 5:26v median +0:11
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Block 04 15:16Running 4 5:27v median +0:12
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Block 05 11:44Running 5 5:40v median +0:21
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Block 06 9:19Running 6 5:35v median +0:18
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Block 07 14:38Running 7 5:47v median +0:34
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Block 08 30:44Running 8 12:59v median +4:38
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.