The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Craig Murrell finished 388th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:50:22.
The stations carried this race: faster than 51% of the field across all eight, against 30% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:24 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:24 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 8:13.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 4:13v median +0:11
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Block 02 11:27Running 2 6:35v median +0:49
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Block 03 11:54Running 3 7:17v median +0:58
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Block 04 15:55Running 4 7:38v median +1:17
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Block 05 12:30Running 5 7:36v median +1:00
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Block 06 9:54Running 6 7:16v median +0:51
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Block 07 13:47Running 7 7:49v median +1:21
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Block 08 16:20Running 8 8:39v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:34
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.