The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Phila Ginindza finished 712th of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:31:50.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 7:07 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 18:10 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 210 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:51 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:33Running 1 9:27v median +2:13
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Block 02 11:48Running 2 7:15v median +2:22
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Block 03 16:28Running 3 7:55v median +2:40
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Block 04 18:06Running 4 8:13v median +2:58
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Block 05 15:24Running 5 8:39v median +3:20
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Block 06 10:17Running 6 7:54v median +2:37
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Block 07 17:03Running 7 8:58v median +3:45
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Block 08 30:09Running 8 14:16v median +5:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:10
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.