The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Bert Verlinde at Johannesburg 2025: 1:16:47, 33rd of 652 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:03 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:27 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:28, was faster than 96% 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 7:29Running 1 2:52v median −1:10
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 4:14v median −1:32
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 4:29v median −1:50
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Block 04 11:04Running 4 4:38v median −1:43
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Block 05 9:36Running 5 4:59v median −1:37
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 4:52v median −1:33
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Block 07 9:13Running 7 4:49v median −1:39
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Block 08 11:17Running 8 5:40v median −2:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:28
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.