The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:57:43 at Johannesburg 2025 put Nhlaka Phakathi 459th of 652 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:00. A harder second half: 3:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 8:13 more than the average race this season, going by 300 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:16Running 1 4:43v median +0:41
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Block 02 11:35Running 2 6:25v median +0:39
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Block 03 14:08Running 3 7:02v median +0:43
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Block 04 14:05Running 4 6:57v median +0:36
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Block 05 12:39Running 5 7:14v median +0:38
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Block 06 9:55Running 6 7:10v median +0:45
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Block 07 15:25Running 7 7:33v median +1:05
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Block 08 18:57Running 8 8:40v median +0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:50
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.