The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:51 at Johannesburg 2025 put Steyn Du plessis 422nd of 652 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:17 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 6:27 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:36Running 1 6:55v median +2:53
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Block 02 10:28Running 2 6:51v median +1:05
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Block 03 14:16Running 3 7:27v median +1:08
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Block 04 15:15Running 4 7:14v median +0:53
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Block 05 12:43Running 5 7:42v median +1:06
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Block 06 9:14Running 6 7:17v median +0:52
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Block 07 13:43Running 7 7:05v median +0:37
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Block 08 14:47Running 8 8:24v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:57
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.