The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nhlanhla Ngwenya finished 362nd of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:48:23.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 31% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:25.
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 11:33Running 1 6:21v median +2:19
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Block 02 10:05Running 2 5:39v median −0:07
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Block 03 13:47Running 3 6:07v median −0:12
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Block 04 12:42Running 4 5:59v median −0:22
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Block 05 11:35Running 5 6:20v median −0:16
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 5:59v median −0:26
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Block 07 12:39Running 7 6:01v median −0:27
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Block 08 18:42Running 8 7:37v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:15
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.