The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Alex Macphail at Johannesburg 2025: 1:17:52, 41st of 652 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:57 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:22 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 6:15, was faster than 88% 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 7:25Running 1 3:10v median −0:52
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:26v median −1:20
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 5:40v median −0:39
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 5:01v median −1:20
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Block 05 9:52Running 5 5:16v median −1:20
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:08v median −1:17
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Block 07 9:12Running 7 5:06v median −1:22
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Block 08 11:19Running 8 5:36v median −2:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:15
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.