The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Colin Hugo at Johannesburg 2025: 1:20:30, 64th of 652 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 62% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:27 ahead of the median. Quick through the roxzone: 5:34, ahead of 95% 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 7:45Running 1 2:53v median −1:09
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 3:44v median −2:02
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 4:33v median −1:46
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Block 04 10:11Running 4 4:23v median −1:58
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Block 05 9:54Running 5 4:33v median −2:03
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 4:24v median −2:01
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 4:31v median −1:57
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Block 08 13:17Running 8 4:49v median −2:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:34
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.