The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Zachariah Arends finished 721st of 740 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:39:25.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:11 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 14:15, behind 92% of the field.
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 12:58Running 1 7:40v median +0:26
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Block 02 17:09Running 2 8:22v median +3:29
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Block 03 16:23Running 3 6:52v median +1:37
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Block 04 20:34Running 4 12:48v median +7:33
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Block 05 17:01Running 5 11:16v median +5:57
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Block 06 14:15Running 6 10:09v median +4:52
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Block 07 21:47Running 7 13:19v median +8:06
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Block 08 25:10Running 8 10:13v median +1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:15
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.