The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sizwe Ndlovu finished 249th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:39:00, faster than 62% of the field.
The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:32 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:44 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:51Running 1 3:01v median −1:01
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 4:46v median −1:00
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Block 03 13:06Running 3 5:24v median −0:55
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Block 04 11:15Running 4 5:54v median −0:27
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 5:48v median −0:48
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Block 06 9:58Running 6 7:33v median +1:08
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Block 07 12:43Running 7 6:56v median +0:28
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Block 08 15:28Running 8 7:27v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.