The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christopher Whittaker finished 293rd of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:42:54, faster than 55% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:35 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:13 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:41Running 1 3:11v median −0:51
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Block 02 9:15Running 2 5:11v median −0:35
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Block 03 12:30Running 3 6:14v median −0:05
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Block 04 14:16Running 4 6:06v median −0:15
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Block 05 11:07Running 5 6:22v median −0:14
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Block 06 8:33Running 6 6:25v median +0:00
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Block 07 11:43Running 7 6:26v median −0:02
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Block 08 18:49Running 8 7:56v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:10
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.