The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Buhle Mahlangu finished 398th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:51:18.
The stations carried this race: faster than 55% of the field across all eight, against 23% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:40 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 6:28 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 10:45Running 1 5:58v median +1:56
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Block 02 12:55Running 2 8:46v median +3:00
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Block 03 14:54Running 3 9:13v median +2:54
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Block 04 13:28Running 4 6:55v median +0:34
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Block 05 11:48Running 5 7:19v median +0:43
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Block 06 8:53Running 6 7:01v median +0:36
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Block 07 11:21Running 7 7:11v median +0:43
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Block 08 19:22Running 8 8:02v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:01
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.