The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shaun Burgin took 2nd of 23 in the 50–54 age group at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:26:29.
The runs carried this race: faster than 94% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 59% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 0:59 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:13 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 8:13.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:13Running 1 2:47v median −1:15
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 4:23v median −1:23
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Block 03 10:44Running 3 5:14v median −1:05
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Block 04 11:45Running 4 4:43v median −1:38
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 5:04v median −1:32
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Block 06 6:55Running 6 4:52v median −1:33
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Block 07 10:25Running 7 4:47v median −1:41
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Block 08 15:15Running 8 5:36v median −2:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:15
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.