The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Comninos finished 424th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:54:02.
The runs carried this race: faster than 50% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:37 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:18 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 8:38Running 1 3:38v median −0:24
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Block 02 14:03Running 2 8:32v median +2:46
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Block 03 15:18Running 3 9:02v median +2:43
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Block 04 13:36Running 4 3:59v median −2:22
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Block 05 9:45Running 5 4:38v median −1:58
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 6:54v median +0:29
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Block 07 14:12Running 7 6:21v median −0:07
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Block 08 20:06Running 8 7:49v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:59
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.