The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:22:58 at Johannesburg 2026 put Mduduzi Mathe 691st of 740 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 5:21. A harder second half: 11:50 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 13:27Running 1 8:01v median +0:47
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Block 02 13:44Running 2 8:26v median +3:33
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Block 03 13:15Running 3 6:22v median +1:07
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Block 04 17:57Running 4 6:58v median +1:43
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Block 05 13:54Running 5 7:36v median +2:17
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Block 06 10:03Running 6 7:22v median +2:05
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Block 07 18:40Running 7 7:25v median +2:12
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Block 08 30:46Running 8 18:35v median +10:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:18
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.