The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:50:24 at Johannesburg 2025 put Graham Parker 389th of 652 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:45 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:28 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 5:12 slower at Johannesburg 2025 than at Cape Town 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:54Running 1 3:48v median −0:14
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Block 02 11:16Running 2 5:16v median −0:30
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Block 03 14:15Running 3 5:21v median −0:58
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Block 04 12:42Running 4 5:30v median −0:51
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 5:39v median −0:57
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 5:43v median −0:42
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Block 07 14:20Running 7 5:51v median −0:37
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Block 08 20:04Running 8 7:39v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:05
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.