The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pieter Pottas finished 185th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:32:59, faster than 72% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 92% of the field beaten on the stations, against 51% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 3:32 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:21 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:18Running 1 5:52v median +1:50
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Block 02 8:51Running 2 5:46v median +0:00
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 6:10v median −0:09
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Block 04 11:19Running 4 6:14v median −0:07
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Block 05 11:24Running 5 6:38v median +0:02
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:14v median −0:11
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Block 07 10:50Running 7 6:16v median −0:12
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Block 08 12:26Running 8 7:18v median −0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:21
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.