The race, in three figures
The race, in words
JJ Opperman finished 656th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:13:00.
A station race more than a running one: 38% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 3:15. The race faded late: the second half went 4:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:51.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:38Running 1 9:54v median +2:40
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Block 02 9:45Running 2 6:37v median +1:44
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Block 03 13:21Running 3 6:57v median +1:42
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Block 04 17:56Running 4 7:42v median +2:27
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Block 05 13:44Running 5 8:00v median +2:41
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Block 06 13:40Running 6 10:20v median +5:03
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Block 07 14:07Running 7 8:50v median +3:37
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Block 08 22:11Running 8 13:26v median +5:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:47
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.