The race, in three figures
The race, in words
HLONI NKONOANE finished 659th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:13:46.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:07. A harder second half: 18:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 13:38, behind 89% of the field.
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 13:05Running 1 7:43v median +0:29
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:32v median −0:21
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Block 03 12:47Running 3 5:15v median +0:00
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Block 04 17:35Running 4 5:24v median +0:09
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Block 05 14:32Running 5 6:40v median +1:21
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Block 06 8:38Running 6 5:32v median +0:15
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Block 07 16:22Running 7 6:44v median +1:31
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Block 08 29:47Running 8 12:54v median +4:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:38
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.