The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mawande Msomi finished 687th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:22:09.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 3% on the runs. A harder second half: 18:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 19:24, behind 98% 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 13:16Running 1 8:19v median +1:05
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 6:01v median +1:08
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Block 03 14:13Running 3 7:12v median +1:57
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Block 04 16:00Running 4 7:44v median +2:29
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Block 05 18:56Running 5 11:45v median +6:26
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Block 06 11:15Running 6 8:47v median +3:30
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Block 07 13:49Running 7 7:26v median +2:13
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Block 08 26:23Running 8 17:54v median +9:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:24
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.