The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mecheal van Rooyen finished 426th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:54:08.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:36 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:00Running 1 4:01v median −0:01
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Block 02 11:04Running 2 6:02v median +0:16
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Block 03 12:12Running 3 6:30v median +0:11
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Block 04 14:01Running 4 6:23v median +0:02
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Block 05 11:59Running 5 6:53v median +0:17
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Block 06 9:30Running 6 6:46v median +0:21
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Block 07 14:09Running 7 7:03v median +0:35
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Block 08 21:39Running 8 9:23v median +1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:41
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.