The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sabelosenkosi Mathonsi finished 645th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:09:04.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 23:16 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 28:15 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 210 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:51 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:57Running 1 8:05v median +0:51
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Block 02 9:15Running 2 5:38v median +0:45
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Block 03 10:21Running 3 5:19v median +0:04
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 4:50v median −0:25
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Block 05 10:35Running 5 4:59v median −0:20
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Block 06 10:46Running 6 8:19v median +3:02
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Block 07 13:08Running 7 6:39v median +1:26
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Block 08 23:00Running 8 14:32v median +6:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 28:15
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.