The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aphumelele Ndukwana finished 651st of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:12:11.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:49. A harder second half: 6:23 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 15:32Running 1 9:31v median +2:17
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Block 02 10:29Running 2 5:56v median +1:03
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Block 03 13:42Running 3 6:10v median +0:55
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Block 04 15:48Running 4 6:27v median +1:12
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Block 05 13:01Running 5 6:37v median +1:18
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Block 06 8:46Running 6 6:15v median +0:58
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Block 07 14:58Running 7 6:35v median +1:22
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Block 08 27:30Running 8 11:55v median +3:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:34
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.