The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Swart finished in the top 10% of the field at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:17:13 for 36th of 652 men in the Open division.
The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 2:23 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:33, was faster than 95% 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 7:01Running 1 2:52v median −1:10
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 4:18v median −1:28
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Block 03 9:30Running 3 4:45v median −1:34
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Block 04 9:09Running 4 4:39v median −1:42
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Block 05 9:30Running 5 4:51v median −1:45
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 4:48v median −1:37
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Block 07 9:46Running 7 4:45v median −1:43
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Block 08 12:15Running 8 5:35v median −2:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:33
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.