The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christiaan De Beer finished 451st of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:56:52.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:50 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:22 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 9:12Running 1 4:17v median +0:15
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Block 02 12:56Running 2 6:16v median +0:30
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Block 03 15:32Running 3 6:44v median +0:25
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Block 04 15:41Running 4 6:53v median +0:32
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Block 05 11:48Running 5 6:34v median −0:02
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Block 06 8:58Running 6 6:41v median +0:16
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Block 07 15:21Running 7 6:48v median +0:20
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Block 08 18:37Running 8 7:40v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:54
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.