The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Grayson Dooling finished 674th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:16:31.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 6:03 slower than the median. A harder second half: 15:05 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 14:45 in the roxzone was slower than 93% 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 13:02Running 1 7:47v median +0:33
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Block 02 9:49Running 2 5:40v median +0:47
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Block 03 16:02Running 3 6:39v median +1:24
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Block 04 13:20Running 4 6:19v median +1:04
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Block 05 13:05Running 5 6:54v median +1:35
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Block 06 9:08Running 6 6:25v median +1:08
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Block 07 18:44Running 7 6:47v median +1:34
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Block 08 28:44Running 8 16:15v median +7:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:45
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.