The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco Rademeyer finished 703rd of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:26:46.
A station race more than a running one: 29% of the field beaten on the stations, against 3% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 4:11. A harder second half: 3:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 15:06Running 1 10:20v median +3:06
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Block 02 11:34Running 2 8:04v median +3:11
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Block 03 14:04Running 3 7:01v median +1:46
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Block 04 19:07Running 4 7:57v median +2:42
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Block 05 14:09Running 5 8:11v median +2:52
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Block 06 13:00Running 6 9:10v median +3:53
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Block 07 15:28Running 7 8:20v median +3:07
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Block 08 22:44Running 8 15:59v median +7:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 21:41
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.