The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ruan Van Der Westhuizen finished in the top 10% of the field at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:15:16 for 24th of 652 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 3:41 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:04 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 6:00, was faster than 91% 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 7:22Running 1 3:01v median −1:01
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 4:35v median −1:11
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 5:22v median −0:57
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Block 04 9:35Running 4 4:55v median −1:26
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Block 05 9:42Running 5 5:16v median −1:20
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Block 06 7:03Running 6 5:08v median −1:17
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Block 07 8:13Running 7 4:48v median −1:40
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Block 08 10:27Running 8 5:28v median −2:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:00
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.