The race, in three figures
The race, in words
3:11:59 at Johannesburg 2026 put Mandla Mbonambi 741st of 740 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 24:54 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 29:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 19:34 in the roxzone was slower than 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 15:57Running 1 10:32v median +3:18
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Block 02 15:28Running 2 5:39v median +0:46
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Block 03 17:07Running 3 7:03v median +1:48
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Block 04 23:24Running 4 7:12v median +1:57
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Block 05 14:40Running 5 7:53v median +2:34
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Block 06 11:40Running 6 7:43v median +2:26
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Block 07 24:50Running 7 8:04v median +2:51
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Block 08 49:27Running 8 15:47v median +7:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:34
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.