The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stephen Baron took 3rd of 146 in the 30–34 age group at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:12:02.
The wall balls were the standout, 4:24 quicker than the median and 5th of 652. Stronger after halfway: 3:32 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:20, was faster than 97% of the field.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 8:13 more than the average race this season, going by 300 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:35Running 1 3:05v median −0:57
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:29v median −1:17
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Block 03 8:20Running 3 4:43v median −1:36
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Block 04 9:04Running 4 4:40v median −1:41
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Block 05 9:17Running 5 4:53v median −1:43
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Block 06 6:23Running 6 4:30v median −1:55
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Block 07 9:20Running 7 4:43v median −1:45
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Block 08 9:24Running 8 5:08v median −2:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:20
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 646
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 646 men who finished.