The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luyanda Buthelezi finished 441st of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:55:39.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:10 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:31 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 9:23 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 8:13.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 3:18v median −0:44
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Block 02 9:52Running 2 5:20v median −0:26
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Block 03 15:03Running 3 8:29v median +2:10
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Block 04 19:36Running 4 9:12v median +2:51
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Block 05 12:33Running 5 6:54v median +0:18
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Block 06 9:16Running 6 6:57v median +0:32
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Block 07 11:35Running 7 6:53v median +0:25
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Block 08 17:16Running 8 8:03v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:07
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.