The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:58:15 at Johannesburg 2025 put Ndibo Magalela 465th of 652 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:01. A harder second half: 2:47 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. Ndibo Magalela's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 4:02v median +0:00
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Block 02 13:03Running 2 6:12v median +0:26
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Block 03 11:35Running 3 6:40v median +0:21
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Block 04 16:18Running 4 6:39v median +0:18
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Block 05 12:24Running 5 6:42v median +0:06
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Block 06 10:04Running 6 7:05v median +0:40
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Block 07 14:37Running 7 6:57v median +0:29
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Block 08 21:16Running 8 8:35v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:48
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.