The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:35 at Johannesburg 2025 put Christian Glaeser 303rd of 652 men in the Open division, ahead of 54% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 76% of the field beaten on the stations, against 33% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:40 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:17 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 8:57Running 1 4:11v median +0:09
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Block 02 9:06Running 2 6:07v median +0:21
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Block 03 15:51Running 3 9:51v median +3:32
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Block 04 12:40Running 4 6:39v median +0:18
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 7:09v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 6:41v median +0:16
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Block 07 12:00Running 7 7:06v median +0:38
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Block 08 15:28Running 8 8:28v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:29
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.