The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thor Ottesen finished in the top 10% of the field at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:20:02 for 59th of 652 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 4:00 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:48 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:01Running 1 3:29v median −0:33
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 4:52v median −0:54
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 5:10v median −1:09
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 5:04v median −1:17
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:14v median −1:22
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Block 06 6:43Running 6 5:11v median −1:14
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Block 07 8:38Running 7 5:08v median −1:20
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Block 08 10:23Running 8 5:43v median −1:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
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.