The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robert Young finished in the top 10% of the field at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:16:02 for 28th of 652 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:39 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:50 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:51, was faster than 99% of the field.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 300 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 8:13 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:04Running 1 2:45v median −1:17
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 4:04v median −1:42
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 4:52v median −1:27
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Block 04 9:44Running 4 4:30v median −1:51
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Block 05 8:48Running 5 4:26v median −2:10
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Block 06 6:14Running 6 4:38v median −1:47
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Block 07 9:22Running 7 4:32v median −1:56
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Block 08 12:56Running 8 4:46v median −2:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:51
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.