The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Herman Mulder took 2nd of 11 in the 60–64 age group at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:29:34.
Legs and stations told different stories: 96% of the field beaten on the runs, 38% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:25 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:50 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 9:20Running 1 4:30v median +0:28
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 4:13v median −1:33
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 4:28v median −1:51
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Block 04 12:32Running 4 4:23v median −1:58
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Block 05 9:16Running 5 4:29v median −2:07
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Block 06 6:22Running 6 4:22v median −2:03
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Block 07 11:24Running 7 4:30v median −1:58
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Block 08 16:13Running 8 5:08v median −2:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:37
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.