The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bandile Twala finished 454th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:57:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 3:15 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 6:31 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 12:01Running 1 6:17v median +2:15
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Block 02 11:24Running 2 5:39v median −0:07
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Block 03 15:29Running 3 6:16v median −0:03
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Block 04 15:12Running 4 6:44v median +0:23
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Block 05 12:54Running 5 7:08v median +0:32
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Block 06 10:20Running 6 7:23v median +0:58
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Block 07 13:40Running 7 6:21v median −0:07
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Block 08 16:33Running 8 7:33v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:47
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.