The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:58:18 at Johannesburg 2025 put Kgopotso Kekana 467th of 652 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 55% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 16:11, behind 95% of the field.
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 10:45Running 1 5:48v median +1:46
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Block 02 9:24Running 2 5:53v median +0:07
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Block 03 13:01Running 3 6:53v median +0:34
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Block 04 14:38Running 4 7:28v median +1:07
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Block 05 16:58Running 5 11:14v median +4:38
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Block 06 10:23Running 6 8:05v median +1:40
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 6:42v median +0:14
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Block 08 15:33Running 8 7:15v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:11
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.